LibGuides: St Patrick's College Senior Library: Community service

Opportunities for community service in the library

Have you ever thought of different avenues of community service that could be undertaken during school hours?

The Library could provide an array of community service opportunities for students.

We would love to have students help with:

shelving,
shelf checking,
write book reviews for our proposed reading blog,
create displays,
other tasks by negotiation with library staff.

If you would like to become involved, come and talk to the library staff.

Charitable organisations associated with reading

Aboriginal Literacy Foundation
believes that positive and practical change to closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous young people starts with literacy and numeracy. Our vision is for a future where all Indigenous children can pursue quality education, reach their full potential and contribute to their community and the country.

Do you want to host a reading event and raise money for a worthwhile literacy cause? Here is a list of reading partners you might consider donating funds to:

Australian Literacy & Numeracy Foundation
ALNF is dedicated to raising language, literacy and numeracy standards in Australia and raises funds to develop, implement and sustain innovative projects for individuals, families and communities.
Buk bilong Pikinini
is a Papua New Guinean literacy group with Anu as patron.
Bundanon Trust
promotes arts practice and enjoyment by making the Bundanon properties a living arts centre for the creation and presentation of visual arts, writing, music and other performing arts, and the promotion of education and research in the arts.
Dymocks Children’s Charities
is an Australia-wide, tax deductible charity that raises funds to help kids in need.
The Footpath Library
aims to make books more accessible to the homeless and disadvantaged members of our society, change our attitudes to these people and encourage literacy.
Indigenous Literacy Foundation
objectives are:
1) To raise literacy levels and thus improve the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Australians living in remote and isolated regions.
2) To advocate to raise awareness of literacy issues within the Australian community.
3) To raise funds to equip Indigenous Australians living in remote communities with books and the support they need to become literate.

The Foundation’s major fundraising campaign in 2012 is Indigenous Literacy Day on Wednesday 5 September.
MS Readathon
is a national program, organised by MS Australia. For more than 30 years, it has been Australia’s principal reading fundraising program.
Pass on a Book
collects new and used books to distribute to children in disadvantaged communities. All children should have access to the resources they need for their early education. Access to books is fundamental to that process.
The Pyjama Foundation
recruits, screens, trains and supports Pyjama Angels - volunteer members of the community who work with the children and support our true heroes - Australia’s foster families. Pyjama Angels deliver The Pyjama Foundation Love of Learning Program®, a literacy-based mentoring program.
Room to Read
focuses on two areas where they believe they can have the greatest impact: literacy and gender equality in education across Asia and Africa.
Story Dogs
make reading fun for children so they become confident lifelong readers. No child should be left behind in literacy. Story dogs are taken into schools to encourage children to read.
Traveling Stories
is a nonprofit organisation working to outsmart poverty one book at a time.
Vision Australia
is a partnership between people who are blind, sighted or have low vision. We are united by our passion that people who are blind or have low vision will have access to and fully participate in every part of life they choose.

Books

Donating books to schools in Bali

"Books for Bali" project.

The Ganesha Book Shop in Bali allows customers to purchase books at the store or on-line and ask for the purchase to be donated to the school or library of their choice on Bali. Further details and a list of Balinese schools and a mobile library can be found here.

St Patrick's College Senior Library: Community service

Links to SPC Libguide

Opportunities for community service in the library

Charitable organisations associated with reading

Books

Donating books to schools in Bali