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By Genoa Barrow | Sacramento Observer<\/p>\n

Her granddaughters are nearly 8,000 miles away, living in Thailand, but Brigitte Timmons connects with them weekly for online story time. Saturday evening here is Sunday morning there. They\u2019ve read books like Whoopi Goldberg\u2019s \u201cSugar Plum Ballerinas,\u201d \u201cLittle Leaders: Bold Women In Black History\u201d by Vashti Harrison, \u201cJohn Henry: An American Legend\u201d and \u201cThe Snowy Day,\u201d by Ezra Jack Keats.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s our routine,\u201d Timmons says of Skyping with the three girls, ages 10, 7 and 5.<\/p>\n

The local senior also shares the joy of reading with other children, closer to home. She retired in February 2019 and in October 2019, began volunteering as a reading tutor through Experience Corp, an AARP-funded program that worked with area school districts. A resident of Antelope, Timmons was first placed at Dudley Elementary School in the Center School District. She tutored children three at a time for two hours at a time, twice a week on Monday and Wednesdays.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would do that until the pandemic kicked in and had to transition from in the classroom training to virtual,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Distance learning took a toll on many school children, especially those in the most need of help.<\/p>\n

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Brigitte Timmons can volunteer from her Antelope home as the tutoring is still virtual, despite children returning to in-person instruction. OBSERVER Photos: Louis Bryant III<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe children\u2019s attention spans are very reduced,\u201d Timmons said. \u201cThey\u2019re struggling with being in a structured environment again and they\u2019re finding that the children are very impatient with just the common things that you have to do like take your turn or wait your turn. They\u2019re just not used to having to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The students are assessed on their reading levels before being placed with volunteers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gist of the whole literacy program is to introduce the children to reading by using different reading games,\u201d Timmons shared.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s happy to see them gain confidence along the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so amazing. Children are just so delightful; they start up very shy and maybe a little bit reserved when you first start working with them, then they get comfortable with you, then they want to show off, then they want to lose interest. You run the gamut of personalities and their experiences, but our task is to make it fun and to keep them on point. \u201c<\/p>\n

Timmons has experience dealing with varied personalities. She worked for AT&T for 40 years as a human resource manager. She began volunteering while at AT&T. The United Way helped link employees to various volunteer opportunities. Timmons raised money for the March of Dimes and its work with premature babies. She also joined a network of Black employees to raise funds for college scholarships and back-to-school supplies for younger children.<\/p>\n

The literacy tutoring was a no brainer for her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was an easy one,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve always loved reading. That\u2019s one of my major loves in life and to be able to share that love with the children was such an opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Personally, the retiree loves stories full of romance and espionage. Give her a good whodunit and she\u2019s a happy woman.<\/p>\n

Timmons developed a love of reading early on and considers getting her own library card as a child to be a rite of passage.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mother and father really believed in a library card,\u201d she said. \u201cI was one of five children and we tracked to the library like little ducks in a row all through grade school. It was always a delight to be able to pick out a book to take home and read.\u201d<\/p>\n

Growing up, she says, it was rare to see her without a book. She then passed along the importance of reading to her own two sons.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always made sure that they had books available to them and we would read together. It was just natural to be able to take that love and share it with the children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Through her training, the local senior is given books to download to work with students. The books have gotten the OK from her son, who is very particular about what her granddaughters read and are exposed to in general.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe loves that I have this arsenal of nonfiction books at my disposal of which he considers approved readings. I always read a book with the girls and they love it,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n

Timmons is currently in training, through Book Nook and United Way California Capital Region\u2019s Students and Tutors Achieving Reading Success (STARS) program to begin with a new set of students next month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that if kids aren\u2019t reading at grade level by fourth grade, they will have a hard time keeping up across multiple subjects for years to come,\u201d said Amber Lovett, who had been serving as interim president and CEO of United Way California Capital Region.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur STARS volunteers make a world of difference in a child\u2019s life by giving just one hour a week. Our tutors not only help them read, they act as positive role models that improve children\u2019s overall confidence in school,\u201d Lovett said.STARS is looking for more local volunteers to teach students. For information, visit YourLocalUnitedWay.org\/STARS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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