Read and Create-The Final Season

For the past six years, I have either facilitated or managed the Read and Create Program. This program combines reading, art, parental and other's community involvement. Once a week for eight weeks, Santa Ana police officers or Orange County probation officers came to read books to 3-12 year olds. Each week each child took a copy of the book home to build their personal libraries. The books, art supplies, prizes for the most active readers as recorded on their reading logs, were paid for by donations. Some of our donors were The Gas Company/Sempra Energy, Volvo, The Perfect Game, Epicor and others. The group of Read and Create graduates and parents you see above are from El Salvador Community Center. This great program fell victim to the severe budget cuts delivered by the City of Santa Ana Council and management. The staff position was cut and the program cancelled. Over the six years I took care of this program, we shared books with over 700 children. I consider myself and all of sponsors, Marie Moreno of the O C Probation Dept and those who loved this program as Good Fairies, of the book variety. Thanks so much for caring about encouraging kids to read and create!