1000×5 Children's Literacy

Thank You To Telus

k1000x5coard — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:22:09 +0000

A huge thank you to Telus which has provided a 2024 Community Giving grant to 1000X5 Children’s Book Recycling Project Society (Victoria 1000X5). We know that reading to very young children promotes language, imagination, closeness to an adult and “how to handle a book” skills – priceless knowledge that is crucial to a child’s early […]

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Thank You Rotary Club of Victoria Harbourside

k1000x5coard — Tue, 25 May 2021 13:19:09 +0000

The Rotary Club of Victoria-Harbourside provided a $3000 donation to 1000×5, and Executive Director Eileen Eby is delighted. “During COVID we have had to alter plans as you can imagine, these dollars have helped us immensely.” 1000×5 collects books or funds books through donations like this to bring children’s literacy into more homes. Every month […]

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Wordless Picture Books

k1000x5coard — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 05:52:18 +0000

Written by Denise Brown, 1000×5 Westshore Co-Ordinator As I was sorting books this week, I came across two favourite wordless picture books and wondered if families understand the worth, the beauty and the power of wordless picture books. Wordless books could be a hard sell for parents who are exhausted, who don’t want the pressure […]

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Reading to Babies? Really??

k1000x5coard — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 23:13:03 +0000

Written by Eileen Eby, 1000×5 Victoria Co-Ordinator Frequently, I speak to groups about all the books that 1000X5 distributes into homes. When I mention that we are always in short supply but heavy demand for books for babies, I often receive the response of “isn’t that too early to read? They can’t even talk.” True – […]

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A… B… C… D… E… F… G…

k1000x5coard — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:59:43 +0000

Written by Daphne Macnaughton, 1000×5 Peninsula Co-Ordinator Most of us have shared delight with young children ending their renditions of the Alphabet Song with Now I’ve said my ABCs; next time won’t you sing with me? Or, Now I’ve sung the ABCs; tell me what you think of me! We celebrate children’s accomplishments and join […]

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May I Have A Book Please?

k1000x5coard — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:43:17 +0000

The 2016 – 2017 school year begins this week and alongside the children entering the buildings will be the thirty or so 1000X5 volunteers – eager to see what books arrived from schools over the summer. And just as eager to begin again are the agencies which know the value of getting books into the […]

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Not A Cell Phone In Sight….

k1000x5coard — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 23:22:03 +0000

On Tuesday mornings in July and August, Peninsula “1000 X 5” Project volunteers join members of Saanich Peninsula Literacy at the Open-Air Library (OAL) at Beacon Park in Sidney. The OAL was initiated last summer by Marlene Dergousoff, Literacy Outreach Coordinator for the Saanich Peninsula following her trip to New York City and a visit […]

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Book Magic For Younger Children

k1000x5coard — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 23:31:06 +0000

Is there magic involved in sharing books with young children? If there was magic, we would wave a wand and magically, books would be in abundance in the home of every young child. And if there was even more pixie dust to go around, each book would be of high quality, every one of them […]

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Me To We And 1000×5

k1000x5coard — Wed, 04 May 2016 23:31:31 +0000

Kaitlyn and her teacher, Mme Marss looking through some of the books Do you think 11 year olds can lead change? We know one who can and did. In early March, Kaitlyn, a Grade 5 student from Ecole Quadra Elementary, cleaned and bagged the 100000th book collected for the Victoria 1000 X 5 project. Kaitlyn […]

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A Steady Flow Of Books

k1000x5coard — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 23:31:58 +0000

Together, we have collected about 250 000 books for redistribution to young children and families in our region. Often, people ask: Where do you get all those books? The answer is: From various sources. Books come to us from: schools… There are collection bins in local elementary schools where students and their families, school neighbours […]

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