Category: Reading
Leah Marcus: Empowering Students with Dyslexia through Education and Advocacy
Leah Marcus is a teacher who graduated from Vanderbilt University last year with a graduate degree in Education Policy, specifically focused on elementary education. One aspect of Leah’s life that has profoundly influenced her educational and career paths is her dyslexia. Leah is dyslexic, a learning disability that affects reading ability due to differences in...
Featured Volunteer: Robin Cole
Our featured volunteer Robin shares her story of why she volunteers with Read to Succeed!...
Nebraska Huskers Provide Hope for Middle Tennessee Students
Emily with her mom, Julie Written by: Cole Gray Doing Good’s Nashville Volunteer of the Month Emily Fay is passionate about the University of Nebraska and serving others. In 2007, two years after moving to Nashville, she decided to combine her passions by founding Nashville Huskers, a nonprofit alumni association that has used...
Learning through Service
Roopa packing books for low-income children at Book’em Written by: Kingsley East “Volunteering helps me to develop skills, learn more about career options, make friends, spend time, build confidence, and even just shake up my routine.” These are a few of Roopa Srinivasa Rao’s reasons for volunteering, and she encourages others to get involved...
Reading is Fundamental to a Nashville Volunteer
Lynn Vincent has been a volunteer with Book’em since 2009 and is named Nashville’s Volunteer of the Month for November for her hard work and dedication. For information about Lynn or nominating a friend for Nashville’s Volunteer of the Month, visit www.DoingGood.tv. Nominated by Martha Ann Pilcher, Coordinator of Volunteers for Book’em, “Each year, we...
