2024-11-15T21:13:43-05:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 911839165 READ-ALOUD VOLUNTEER PROGRAM % Crystal Merrill READ 5102370735 13857 SAN PABLO AVE SAN PABLO CA 948063703 Crystal Merrill Executive Director 2024-11-15 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X X X 51866 X 16852 20000 0 15014 0 0 0 51866 48976 1977 5338 1001 13856 71148 -19282 334164 314882 X 335531 316070 0 0 0 0 335531 316070 1367 1188 334164 314882 To recruit & place adult volunteers into inner-city public schools to read aloud one-on-one with children. School Year: Read-Aloud Volunteer Program matches volunteers to read 1:1 with K-2 students weekly; kids also receive free books of their choosing. We operate in West Contra Costa County CA. This is a relationship based program designed to support young childrens curiosity & joy in learning. A volunteer meets weekly with the same child to read with and listens to their questions comments on the reading. Deep friendships are formed and the child has the opportunity to discover the joys of reading & the love of books. Teachers select children to participate in the program choosing those they think will benefit most from this individual attention 1:1 reading & exposure to books. Teachers end of year evals demonstrate that children thrive in the program. Read-Aloud is based on the SMART Program in Oregon. The 2022-23 school year was conducted in person contributing 1500+ reading & prep hours by 40+ vols & provided 2180 books directly to the kids 118 reg 65 subs; & 100 for schools 3500 69636 Outreach: Read-Aloud holds booths at local events to give away books reading tips and related materials. We also have a Little Free Library which we keep stocked with books to give away. In 2023 Read-Aloud attended 4 street-type fairs giving away 625 books to children and families stocked the Little Free Library with 966 books and gave 260 books to a local elementary schools were not involved with for a literacy fair. 0 1513 71149 Qiana Riley President 1 0 0 0 Sharon Coffer Treasurer 1 0 0 0 Jaqueline Lee Secretary 1 0 0 0 Tirsa St Fort Member at Large 0.5 0 0 0 George Fruehan Member at Large 1 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false CA Crystal Merrill 13857 SAN PABLO AVE SAN PABLO CA 948063703 5102370735 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 133122 79261 81960 60575 16852 371770 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133122 79261 81960 60575 16852 371770 82502 289268 32731 24779 22575 813 15014 95912 0 0 0 0 0 0 467682 0.6185 0.5711 X Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Bank Charges, $14| Books, $6380| Business Taxes, $75| Insurance: Liability and Directors & Officers, $3097| Meetings Expenses, $590| Office Expenses, $1295| Reader Events, $1876| Workers Compensation Insurance, $529| Part II, line 24 | Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| Cash, $, $| Savings, $, $| Investments, $, $| Land and Buildings, $, $| Inventory, $, $| Prepaid Expenses, $, $| Organizations share of assets, $, $| Part II, line 26 | Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| Grants Payable, $, $| Mortgages or other loans payable, $, $| Accounts Payable, $1367, $1188|