Literacy Buddy Application

What is a Literacy Buddy?
A caring volunteer who:

Agrees to receive letters from a child, age 3 or 4.
Purchases a book for the child based on his/her interest and writes the child a letter. These are mailed to the child at his/her child care center.
This exchange takes place 3 times a year. For many of our children, a book from a Literacy Buddy is the first book they have ever owned.

First Name *

Last Name *

Address

Street Address *

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Telephone Number

Cell Number

Email *

Add Alternate Address?

Yes

Alternative Address

Street Address

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Dates for Alternative in Use

Organization

How Many Buddies Would You Like? *

Specific Facility/School Requests? *

How Did You Hear About the Program?

I am Interested in Additional Volunteer Opportunities::

Classroom

Book Reading

Letter Writing

Classroom Library Donations

Classroom Material Donations

Spanish Mentoring

Other

Other:

Agreement

By filling out this application, I agree to receive letters from a child in an early learning facility served by the Early Learning Coalition. I will in turn send a letter and a high quality book to this child in response to the child’s letter. This exchange may take place three times over the course of the year- from mid-fall to spring. In the letter that I receive, the child will either indicate a specific book or a type of book that he or she would like to receive. I agree that I am at or above the age of 18. NOTE: Correspondence will include the child’s first name and last initial only and be addressed through the classroom teacher.