Submitted by the Wyler Boys & Girls Club.
Wyler Boys & Girls Club of Greater Cincinnati members received over 553 books from the nonprofit, Adopt A Book, for their new club in the Eastgate area.
Adopt A Book serves to foster literacy and a love of reading by distributing new and gently used books to disadvantaged children.
To date, they have donated over 180,000 books to over 100 organizations, schools and programs serving children in need in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
“We are thrilled to have this new Boys & Girls Club in the area,” said Britton Martin, Club Director, “and our program will be strengthened by this gift and partnership with Adopt A Book.”
Summer Tyler, the Education Coordinator for the Wyler Club, arranged for the area’s newest Boys & Girls Club to receive the donation.
Tyler has been working with Adopt A Book for several years, assisting with publicity and collecting over 2,000 books for the organization.
“As a new club, we have many needs and limited resources to build our classroom libraries. I was happy to make the connection with Adopt A Book so the Wyler Club could receive this donation,” Tyler said. “We received lots of books that the children will actually enjoy reading. And, with this donation I will be able to personally experience the children reading and enjoying the books on a daily basis.”
Tyler runs the Graduate program offered by the Wyler Club. She provides fun, educational programming for children K-8. All of the children at the club will participate in DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) and story time, where the adults read stories to the members. “Literacy is a focal point of my Graduate program. These new books will enable the members to have a wide selection of reading materials, at various reading levels,” Tyler said.
Co-founders of Adopt A Book are Hannah and Alex Laman, age 17. “I always enjoy providing books but especially now since so many students are learning remotely or have even less of an access to books” said Hannah Laman. ”I appreciate the opportunity to be able to share books with as many kids as possible and love the kids at this club will have the opportunity to read” said Alex Laman.
Adopt A Book was nominated by the Ohio Center for the Book and was selected as a winner of the 2020 Library of Congress State Literacy Awards Program.
The organization, headquartered in Loveland, received $2,225 in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the promotion of literacy and reading in their local community and the state.
Since 1939, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati has been changing lives and building great futures for kids who need a safe and positive place to spend the most vulnerable times of the day – immediately after school and at night, when supervision is often lacking and temptations are great. Through the Graduate, Fit for Life and Ready to Serve programs, children learn things in this “home away from home” that will ultimately make a difference in their lives.
The Wyler Club is located in Mt. Carmel at 4626 Aicholtz Road. Due to Covid-19 the Wyler Club is currently at capacity and not accepting new members at this time.
For more information, call 513-421-8909 or visit their https://bgcgc.org/.
Donations to the club can be made online at www.bgcgc.org/donate or mailed to 600 Dalton Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45203.
For more information about Adopt A Book and its mission, or to hold a book drive, go to www.adoptabookohio.org or www.facebook.com/Adoptabookohio or call 513-335-5014.