{"id":3452,"date":"2015-04-03T12:41:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T16:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=3452"},"modified":"2015-04-08T14:03:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T18:03:42","slug":"volunteers-of-vbcps-peggy-garfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/volunteers-of-vbcps-peggy-garfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers of VBCPS: Peggy Garfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cPeggy Garfield has been a gigantic blessing to Providence\u2026As a result of her gift of time, nightly our students have books to read on their level. Thanks to her diligence, reading at this level will enhance students\u2019 ability to be college and career ready<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 LouAnne Metzger, principal of Providence Elementary.<\/p>\n

\"1\"<\/a>Walk through the front doors of Providence Elementary School, and, right in the foyer, Peggy Garfield is hard at work. Piles of books around her, Garfield crouches over a giant table, where she carefully checks off the books that are the read and compiles a new package of books to send home.<\/p>\n

For the past seven years, Garfield has been organizing and managing the school\u2019s Take Home Readers program. The program identifies where first-grade students are in their reading level and provides students books to take home that match their reading abilities. Once they are finished with a book, they return it for a new one.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not going to the library and just getting books that\u2019s (either) below their level or very above their level,\u201d Garfield explained. \u201cIt\u2019s a great program.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a great program that takes about two hours a week, organizing the books that have come back in and then redistributing books to every child.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe like to see the kids progress,\u201d Garfield said. \u201cWe like to see that. We like to see the younger ones in the lower level where they\u2019re returning their books on a regular basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"2\"<\/a>While Garfield has another full-time job working as a nurse as CHKD, she has prioritized her time at Providence and purposefully schedules herself to have off the same two days a week in order to come in to the school.<\/p>\n

At first, this dedication to volunteering was to see her granddaughter, who attended Providence. However, now, seven years later, her granddaughter has moved on to middle school. Yet, Garfield dutifully continues giving her time.<\/p>\n

Bringing her efforts full circle, she will often bring her granddaughter with her in the mornings to help volunteer as well, before she makes the walk from Providence to her middle school.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt helps teachers a lot, and it helps students in the end,\u201d Garfield said of her work. She added that she would encourage others to find ways they can easily plug in and get started there.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet involved,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are lots of jobs at a school. Start out with your child\u2019s classroom and see what you can do there.\u201d<\/p>\n

To find ways you can get involved,\u00a0visit the division\u2019s Get Connected page at vbschools.com\/getconnected<\/a> and find volunteer opportunities available in VBCPS schools. For more information about the Volunteers in Education<\/a> program as a whole, visit the page to learn more about the service of VBCPS volunteers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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