| About Us
Book Worm Angels is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 1999 to help children achieve proficiency in and a love for reading. We deliver new and gently used books for classroom lending libraries. The books are fun, general interest books appropriate for Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grades. We provide about 6,000 fun, general interest books for classroom lending libraries in a typical school of 600 students.
In Chicago, there are over 140 elementary schools where the majority of the children read below grade level. The children in those schools rarely see anyone reading for enjoyment, and come to think of reading as work...worse yet, SCHOOL work. Book Worm Angels establishes classroom lending libraries in those schools so that children can discover that reading can be enjoyable...and by so doing, learn to read better...and in time to become better students. As of April,2008, we have collected and delivered over 1,100,000 books and serve over 73,000 students in 142 schools.
We have just four rules:
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Neither teachers nor students HAVE to join the program, but most do. |
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There is no punishment if a book is lost or damaged, and we have only a small percentage of book loss. |
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The Principal must send a letter home to parents asking them to turn off the DVD/CD players, radio and TV, and read with their children for 20-30 minutes a day. |
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Once a year a survey is sent to all participating teachers asking for their comments, criticisms and suggestions. It is expected that everyone will complete and return these survey sheets. |
We thank all the volunteers in our organization who have been so helpful. And we thank all those parents and children in schools who have donated to their school's book drives. We also thank Scouting, the many Rotary Clubs, and all the other organizations who have organized book drives. And, we thank all the other individuals and organizations who have donated new and like-new fun, general interest books. Also thanks to dedicated Principals, Lead Literacy Instructors, and Teachers in the Recipient Schools who have added so much to help Book Worm Angels reach its high level of effectiveness.
A Book Worm Angels in-classroom library and reading area at Nobel School, Chicago. |
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For Book Drives and Collections, call:
Mindy Ferber, Associate Director
773-332-8091
For General Information, contact:
Mike Ban, Executive Director
847-471-BOOK (2665)
Book Worm Angels, Inc.
3100 N. Sheridan Road, Suite 4B
Chicago, IL 60657-4956
We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization registered with the Internal Revenue Service and the State of Illinois.
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