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Please join us here at the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce as we partner with the Oceanside Promise's Love for Literacy. Did you know… Less than 40% of Oceanside’s children enter Kindergarten ready to succeed? Only 32% of 3rd grade students attending schools in Oceanside Unified School District meet state standards for English Language Arts proficiency? Children from families with lower incomes and lower educational levels hear 30 million words fewer than their peers by the age of five? Our office is partnering with the Oceanside Promise and other organizations to collect children’s books for deserving children, ages zero to five. Please join us in donating new or gently used books in English and Spanish so that we can better prepare students for Kindergarten and build literacy starting at an earlier age. Early exposure to books will increase Kindergarten preparedness and improve literacy rates, thereby improving children’s long-term success in school and life. Give a book and invest in a child! We will have a collection bin here at the Chamber from October 23 to November 9, and it is our goal to collect 1,000 books. Thanks in advance for your help and support of this important community-wide effort! The books collected will be distributed to Oceanside Unified School District’s Pre-Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten Classrooms, City of Oceanside Public Library, City of Oceanside Community Resource Centers, Vista Community Clinic Parent Outreach Program, Education Begins in the Home, and more!
Please join us here at the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce as we partner with the Oceanside Promise's Love for Literacy.
Did you know…
Our office is partnering with the Oceanside Promise and other organizations to collect children’s books for deserving children, ages zero to five. Please join us in donating new or gently used books in English and Spanish so that we can better prepare students for Kindergarten and build literacy starting at an earlier age.
Early exposure to books will increase Kindergarten preparedness and improve literacy rates, thereby improving children’s long-term success in school and life.
Give a book and invest in a child!
Thanks in advance for your help and support of this important community-wide effort!