Today, March 4, is the global celebration of World Read Aloud Day, and I took some time off to celebrate it with ATD Fourth World Philippines, representing our book club, Flips Flipping Pages.
Last month, I had come across Adarna House’s book giveaway and thought we had a good chance of winning it for ATD, and I proposed the idea to fellow Flippers Gege and Sana. Sana is a long-time volunteer of ATD and has gotten me and other book club members to volunteer at the organization, too, so we quickly put the nomination form together and hoped for the best.
A couple of weeks ago, we were happy to hear that we were selected for the giveaway!
We were so happy for ATD, as Adarna House’s giveaway was perfect for the organization’s regular street library activities. I’ve seen firsthand how hungry the ATD kids are for books, and reading aloud has become a community activity for ATD, so these books will surely serve their purpose.
ATD happily received their books earlier and even set about covering them in plastic to ensure they would last long for the whole community to enjoy:
(photo via ATD Philippines)
Today, Sana and I (in behalf of the Flippers) headed to the North Cemetery (one of ATD’s communities in the Philippines) for the World Read Aloud Day activity.
While we were waiting for the storyteller, we did a little reading:
And a little crafting — we made brown paper bag crafts!
And capped it off with a lively read aloud of Jomike Tejido’s “Dindo Pundido,” by storyteller Jay Menes:
It was a fun World Read Aloud Day celebration with ATD, and I’m glad I got to join them today.
Thank you, Adarna House for the wonderful gift for ATD, and happy World Read Aloud Day to everyone!
Thanks Blooey and Renzo! The kids truly enjoyed it. Aside from the books, they loved the cute animal paper bags! =)
It’s always fun with ATD! :)