Book Buddies, a reading program that teams up hundreds of volunteers with Syracuse elementary students, is expanding -- and it needs more buddies. The program, run through the United Way of CNY, ...

Photo provided Keenan Wright and Beau Pattingill, students at Richards Elementary School, work on a gingerbread house. The forecast for downtown Columbus is heavy frost(ing) and gingerbread through ...

High school Book Buddies volunteer Sierra Perkinson, right, works with third-grader Ronan Humes. The program pairs volunteer mentors with students to improve reading and comprehension skills. Photo ...

Gone are the days of reading as a solo activity. Thanks to book clubs — both virtual and in-person — online forums and of course, social media, group reading has become more and more popular. However, ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Two days before their next game, the Syracuse University basketball team was in a library giving back to struggling students who needed help boosting their reading skills. The team ...

ROANOKE, Va. – A Roanoke non-profit is determined to help kids build reading skills regardless of what’s happening in the world around them. As an after-school program, Kids Soar focuses on ending the ...

Gracie Filler presents the end-of-the-senester Reading Buddies book projects at the Boulder Public Library. Photo by Hattie Poole. “The middle of nowhere,” is how sophomore Gracie Filler described the ...

Some of Lufkin’s youngest reading fanatics took the opportunity to expand their personal libraries on the first day of the Book Buddies of Deep East Texas distribution event on Friday. The ...

Another inspirational cultural/educational based collaboration is underway in WNY. This time it’s a mash-up between Buffalo Art Movement (BAM!) and Barb’s Book Buddies. This creative venture is ...

SAN ANTONIO – A program in the San Antonio community aims to help students get into reading by helping them build up their libraries at home. The San Antonio Independent School District’s Book Buddies ...