Nora-2/23/10-LINC

Today Viviane, Kyla and I went to a McDonalds in Harlem where we met with children who work with LINC.  We had a lot of fun!  First we started out by singing a song.  Next we broke up into groups of about five and read to the kids.  They were really loud, and were ready to have some fun reading.  We were wondering why they had separated the boys and the girls in the groups.  We read them stories that we recognized from when we were their age, if was fun to read those books again.  After we read them a couple of short books we went on to sing a couple more songs.

We interviewed the main volunteer for the night, her name was Mrs. D.  We asked her a couple of questions including these:

How long have you been working with LINC?

“10 years.”

What made you want to get involved with this organization?

“I believe the community should be responsible for children becoming good readers. And I wanted to take part in it.”

Are there events everyday?

“Yes, but they’re not always in Manhattan.”

I had a lot of fun on this visit, and I am excited for the rest to come.