Who We Are
Reading For Love is a reading program involving and initiated by Asian American and Chinese youth.
Warm voices, loving stories, and the joy of reading and sharing! A group of Asian youth from China and the United States will read and share carefully selected stories with healing music in the background. The goal is to help children in low-income, rural areas: to heal their hearts through reading, to understand the joy of reading, and to take in the kindness in the hearts of every short-story-sharer.
Our volunteers are doing more than sharing, more than reading; they are planting seeds of love. We believe that this will become a deeply meaningful journey for this chapter in their lives, and that they’ll help to create a beautiful experience for children with far fewer opportunities.
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What We Do
Our youth volunteers, who share their reading to warm another young heart, are our Reading Angels. Any Reading Angel who is willing to share for more than 30 hours is our partner. We have a group of Angel Mentors—with an understanding of psychology, music, and, of course, reading—who participate in sharing stories, and also do free project training and project journaling for our Youth Reading Angels.
We have partnered with many nonprofit organizations in the US and China, as well as communities, teachers, and schools, to make our Reading Angels audio stories into USB flash drive players and give them to children in rural areas.
Reading For Love is dedicated to the personal growth and development of all involved, from rural students to Reading Angels to mentors and instructors. By fostering relationships with each and every participant, we will all deepen our understanding of what education and the joy of reading can bring about.
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