Become a BookPAL

Give back to kids in your community. BookPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools), is a nationwide volunteer literacy program of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. Enthusiastic actors, theater students, educators and community members volunteer their time to visit classrooms on a weekly basis to read aloud to kids for an hour (a half hour per classroom). Arizona BookPALS serves students in the Phoenix metro area, Tucson and Flagstaff. The children are in high-risk, disadvantaged schools and may have no one at home to read to them. You will make a big difference in their lives and be treated to the most enthusiastic audience ever. Who better to bring a story to life than you?

For more information contact Arizona Coordinator Ellen Dean at (602) 750-2923 or by email at ellendean.dean@gmail.com

Visit the BookPALS website to see what other locals are doing across the country and to volunteer. Check storylineonline.net to see and hear actors reading aloud. 

This item was originally featured in the December 2015 local newsletter.