Spring Break is a time
for rest and relaxation for most people. CMS may have observed their break last week, but Promising Pages was hard at work. It turned out to be a very
special week for us and our partner, Crisis Assistance Ministry.
Promising Pages has been handing out books to children
waiting at Crisis Assistance Ministry for a little over two years. They were our very first partner, and test marketed our first set of wrapped "presents." Our volunteers who pass out these book weekly at Crisis Assistance Ministry have had
some incredible experiences seeing what our work can do in the community. Our
volunteers tend to visit in the morning, about the time a lot of older children
are in school. However, because of the school calendar, many of these kids find
themselves waiting at Crisis Assistance with their parents over Spring Break.
Promising Pages stepped it up for Spring Break. Instead of going just one day for one hour, our volunteers went Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, for three hours a pop! Our volunteers arrived
prepared to go above and beyond our normal visits to Crisis Assistance. After receiving presents from Erma, kids in the waiting area enjoyed an exciting story time with Erma the
Bookworma, a coloring contest for prizes, and even got to pick out a big stack of books to
take home as their own! Wednesday afternoon, the extra books that were not used
for the week were donated to Crisis Assistance’s Free Store, so that
even kids who might not have been able to join us can still benefit from the
life lesson that Erma teaches: You can do anything you want to do in this
world, all it takes is 10 minutes of reading a day, and everyday you are one day closer to that dream life. The program was such a success, we plan to implement the expanded concept to our summer Crisis visit. Join us!
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