Teenagers who love reading and working with kids can apply for the Reading Buddies program at Coquitlam Public Library — and Monday is the deadline.
The program, which matches teens with kids from the early grades, will run in July and August at both library branches: Poirier and City Centre. Volunteers act as tutors, teaching new words, modelling proper pronunciation and helping kids understand what they have read.
Volunteers who apply for a summer session must be finishing Grade 8, 9, 10 or 11.
Meetings will be in two sessions at each branch:
• Wednesdays at the Poirier Branch, July 8 to 29 (first session) and Aug. 5 to 26 (second);
• Thursdays at the City Centre Branch, July 2 to 30 (first session) and Aug. 6 to 27 (second).
For volunteers, meetings will run from 1:45 to 3:15 p.m., meaning they will collect 1.5 community service hours each time they come.
Application forms are available at both library branches and through the library web site (www.coqlibrary.ca). The application deadline is Monday, June 22.
