Tamara Harris, an English major at the University of San Francisco, also served as a reading tutor at Rosa Parks Elementary School in San Francisco, where she found “the students were always wanting more books.” She’s happy to fulfill her senior internship at the Children’s Book Project because, she says, “I wanted to put my skills to work for kids, and with books.” Tamara started writing her own stories in elementary school, spending many afternoons at the Daly City public library, where she would read aloud to younger kids. Now she enjoys encountering old favorites at our Book Bank, where she processes donated books, writes online children’s book recommendations, and participates in our Storytime program. “It’s been fun meeting new people who share my passion for reading, helping authors sign their books, and sharing the excitement when kids get to choose their own books at Storytime.”
“Volunteering at the Book Bank is really cool,” Tamara says. “I love being a helping hand in making sure kids get to grow up with books of their own.”