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The St. Louis Cardinals
recently donated $1,500 to assist Faithful Friends-St. Louis in the
expansion of their library.
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“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>Faithful Friends, an early intervention program for at-risk youth, currently serves 42 children in St. Louis; 90 percent of these children read at least one year below grade level.
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“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>Literacy is a fundamental skill for kids and an important focus area of the Faithful Friends program. In 2010, Central Christian School started the library at Faithful Friends by donating developmental reading assessment (DRA) books and assessment materials.
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“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>“The DRA assessment tools help us assess what level they are currently reading at and getting the kids to the next level,” said Lisa Roth, Executive Director of Faithful Friends.
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“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>The grant from Cardinals Care will help expand this collection with more upper-level reading books to utilize as the children raise their reading levels. Faithful Friends is moving into a larger space this fall that will feature a room designated as the library to help focus on this issue. In addition to the upper-level reading books, the grant will fund new paint, reading tables, bookshelves and reading lights.
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“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>Faithful Friends is an early intervention, long-term program designed to empower children who live in at-risk communities. Our mission is to provide our most vulnerable and challenged children a loving, sustained relationship with a Christian adult role model who teaches values and has attainable goals for the children. For more information, please visit
“http://www.thefaithfulfriends.org/”>www.TheFaithfulFriends.org or call 314-577- “font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>6979.