For the third year, my daughter is gearing up to start BookWorm Wednesday. A little neighborhood book club project I doubted would work, did — very well. The BookWorm Wednesday crew has changed faces over the years, and has matured with experience. What I witness now looks more like the functioning of a well-oiled machine — not the floundering chaos of its birth.

The girls have focused their work and established what I think is a more manageable schedule. Their twice-per-month book club will allow time for the crew to prepare on the off-weeks. It’s been an awesome progression to watch.

Here’s the proposal they wrote for this year’s grant funding from Empowering Youth. They definitely sound like they know what they’re doing.

Dear Empowering Youth,

Bookworm Wednesday is a neighborhood bookclub run by middle school students during the school year. Every other Wednesday all of the children in the neighborhood will come to the Bookworm Wednesday library and we will read them stories and do crafts based on that day’s book.

The overall purpose of Bookworm Wednesday is to inspire children to enjoy reading.

Goals: One of Bookworm Wednesday’s goals this year is to find good book matches with the theme that Wednesday. Another is to encourage youth around the world to start Bookworm Wednesdays of their own. The last goal is to be more diligent in staying organized.

Reaching the Goal: In order to find good books this year we plan on visiting the local library every other week to find good book matches. To spread Bookworm Wednesdays around the world, we will try our best to reach out to local news papers by submitting articles and broadcast our accomplishments by spreading the word in person and online at the Pass the Torch blog. To keep organized, we will visit the Bookworm Wednesday library every week to prepare for the following BWW. We will hang graphs on the wall for students to see how they have progressed over the year. In addition, we will keep up with organizing the shelves of alphabetized books.

Usage of Grant Funding: We will use the money to help pay for the craft items, prizes and snacks. The crafts and prizes will cost approximately $60.00 and the snacks will cost approximately $40.00. In total we need $100.00.

Please consider this worthwhile cause. Thank you!

Sincerely,

The Bookworm Wednesday Crew

What a lucky neighborhood we have.

How to Start a Kid’s Book Club series:
Read Across America – Youth Leader for Literacy Project
How to Start Your Own BookWorm Wednesday
Adult Mentor
Book Selection
Activities
Safety
Marketing
Management
Teamwork
Money

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