Palm Beach County
Every kid deserves to read. Let's pass it forward.
Trained high schoolers teaching young kids to read in Palm Beach County.
Free for families. Service hours for teens.
Trained high schoolers teaching young kids to read in Palm Beach County.
Free for families. Service hours for teens.
Adults from Youth Mentors train and guide every high schooler in the program.
Trained teens read with young kids every week, one on one, in supervised places.
And one day, into mentors themselves. The ladder keeps growing.
Everyone gets lifted.
Reads aloud with a kid, one book at a time. Builds the habit and the friendship.
Teaches sounds, letters and words with simple, fun games learned in training.
Trains new buddies and helps run sessions at their site. The top of the ladder.
Everyone can join. You earn your level.
A one-minute form plus a teacher or counselor reference.
Learn how to read with a young kid and keep it fun.
A short check that you're ready to read with a kid.
We pair you with a kid at a site near your school.
Go from Buddy to Coach to Lead as you gain experience.
Research across 32 studies shows older students tutoring younger ones helps both of them grow.3
Weekly one-on-one time with an older buddy builds skills and confidence a classroom can't always give.
Teaching someone else builds patience, responsibility and real experience for college and beyond.
Families hear from us in their own language: English, Spanish or Haitian Creole.
Ten weeks to prove that teens can help kids read, and grow while they do it.
Enough to take one kid through the full 10-week pilot.
Coming soon Automatic service hours tracking for every buddy.
Official partner
Approved by founder Brian Sheehan. Their mentors train our teens.
Reading Buddies was born as a Rotary Youth Leadership Awards project.
Pick who you are. Each form takes under a minute.