TORC Book Donation to the Sacramento Children’s Home
Making a Difference, One Book at a Time! #SMILESwithTORC
The Sacramento Children’s Home received a donation of 100 autographed TORC children’s books and coloring books.
Since 1867, the Sacramento Children’s Home has been committed to helping children by providing high-quality care to the Sacramento region’s most vulnerable children and families. Learn more about their efforts at: www.kidshome.org
61% of low-income families have no books at all in their homes for their children. An analysis of a national dataset of nearly 100,000 United States school children found that access to printed materials - not poverty - determines reading levels.
The poverty rate in Sacramento is 19.8%. One out of every 5.1 residents of Sacramento lives in poverty. Source: https://www.welfareinfo.org/poverty-rate/california/sacramento
“Two out of three children living in poverty have no books to call their own.” - Little Free Library Org
Children are born ready to learn, and their brains develop with repetitive, consistent and familiar everyday routines and practices. Stimulating and caring environments with a variety of different activities give children plenty of ways to play, develop and learn. In addition, they need many opportunities to practice what they are learning.
