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Partnerships 

  • Institute for Human and Social Development, Inc. -- San Mateo County Head Start Program
  • Ravenswood City School District
  • Ravenswood Child Development Center
  • Creative Montessori Learning Center
  • Family Connections
  • City of East Palo Alto
  • East Palo Alto Library
  • East Palo Alto YMCA
  • Palo Alto City Library
  • Oshman Family Jewish Community Center
  • Palo Alto Girl Scouts, troop 60784
  • Trinity Presbyterian Church
  • Cafe Zoe
  • Eileen Fisher, Stanford Shopping Center
  • Duveneck Elementary School

 

A little history...and future


 2009

  • July, East Palo Alto, CA--Paul Thiebaut III founds 10BH by collecting the first book to donate in East Palo Alto
  • Volunteers walk Palo Alto neighborhoods, passing out fliers at 3,000 homes and collecting books to donate in East Palo Alto

 2010

  • Over 25,000 books are donated throughout East Palo Alto
  • Volunteers read stories to 700 children a month in 39 preschool classrooms and 3 kindergarten classrooms

 2011

  • Pilot home tutoring is offered to children of all ages living in East Palo Alto  
  • Book donations and classroom storytimes are wrapped up by the year's end  

 2012

  • March: 2 year home tutoring, parent education and parent engagement service is launched for preschool-aged children in East Palo Alto
  • 70 families apply for 2012 enrollment and 31 families are enrolled
  • November: 140 families apply for 2013 enrollment (approximately 10% of all 3-5 year olds in East Palo Alto)

     10BH’s Impact in 2012

  1. 31 families are enrolled
  2. Volunteer Role Models and children spend:
    1. 1,000 hours in one-on-one lessons
    2. 250 hours reading together
    3. 250 hours practicing letters, numbers, colors, and shapes
    4. 200 hours talking, having conversations, and answering questions
    5. 150 hours practicing writing
    6. 150 hours singing
  3. Parents sit in on 1,000 hours of lessons
  4. Parents spend more than 1,000 hours reading with their children (between lessons)
  5. Over 500 interest-appropriate books are given to children
  6. 31 custom built bookcases, 31 vocabulary books, and 31 writing books are given to children
  7. 3 enrichment events are organized:
      1. Play Day in the Park (Exercise, gross motor skill development, socialization)
      2. Move to the Music (Exposure to self-awareness through music and movement activities, gross and fine motor skill development, socialization)
      3. Stretch to Connect (Exercise, new healthful activity, gross motor skill development, socialization)
      The numbers
  • 1,000 hours of volunteer Role Model hours are donated
  • 785 hours of specialized volunteer hours are donated
  • $25,000 in pro bono services are donated
  • $5,000 of in-kind donations are received

  2013 (Projected)

  • Enrollment will be grown to 80 families
  • 3,482 hours of one-to-one tutoring will be provided by volunteer Role Models