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By MEERA SRINIVAS t
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Reading is an important part of our daily lives.
We have to read signs when we drive, applications 1
to apply for jobs and papers to keep up with current
events. But what if you can't read or aren't able to :
read because of problems related to old age? (
Sharing Time with Seniors, a unique new program, 1
began this semester as part of Campus Coalition for
Literacy and has already attracted a dedicated group. (
Volunteers for the program go to senior care centers 1
to spend time with the seniors and read to them from
newspapers or books.
"Many old people feel that as young people, we do
not care much about them," Erica Benson, the group's
chairperson said. "This is our way of showing them
that we do."
The volunteers started the program with a small
quiz from the director of the Palmetto Care Center in
Shandon which was designed to dispel long-held
myths about the elderly. Volunteers then broke off
into groups of three or four people to read and talk to
residents at ine cenier.
"It's very exciting, especially when you see their j
faces brighten up when they see you," Benson said.
"They are all very sharp and alert In the time I have (
spent with them, I realized that there is so much to
learn from them."
Barbara Rollins, director of the center, echoed Benson's
sentiments. "The program has made such a dif- ]
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Benson said volunteers have been flooded with revests
to hear certain readings. "Some ask for us to
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Foxx or the humor section of the Reader's Digest,"'
Benson said. "Many a time we are frantic to get the
material."
Because of the numerous requests, the group plans
to start a book drive to build a small library of their
own. There are also future plans to expand both the
number of volunteers and the number of centers they
are visiting.
"I think that we are the first university to form a
student organization to do such volunteer service,"
Benson said.
The Campus Coalition for Literacy sponsors various \
literacy programs for tutoring adults, reading to child- \
ren, training persons interested in teaching someone to ?
write and reading to the blind. It is committed to ad- r
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link between the community and campus so that service
initiatives are fostered.
Anyone interested in joining Sharing Time with Seniors
can contact the Campus Coalition for Literacy.
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