At our Friendshop Pop Up Store yesterday at West Seattle, we talked with a faithful visitor from YMCA Powerful Schools. Beverly DeCook has been working with them over a decade, and utilizes The Friends of the Seattle Public Library to pick up goodies for the young participants.
Powerful Schools are located in South Seattle at Graham Hill, John Muir, Wing Luke, and Hawthorne. They offer reading programs, after school programs, and artist-in-residence programs. Beverly is part of the reading program which uses phonics to work with first and second graders. Every 10 lessons, students get a free book to take home with them!
Beverly has visited Pop Ups at Northeast, Magnolia, and Columbia City, in addition to West Seattle, and has been coming to the Big Book Sale for 3 or 4 years. Check out The Friends’ webpage to see when our upcoming Pop Up Shops may be near you!