Read to a Dog
Channel: Ohlone Tri-City News
Date: 2023-05-18

This story about the Fremont Library "Read to a Dog" event was first broadcast during the live Ohlone Tri-City News program on March 1, 2023.

Kiya Johnson, Reporter/Photographer

ANCHOR: A local humane society partnered with the Alameda County Library to give kids a therapeutic reading experience. Here’s Kiya with the story. 
REPORTER: A therapeutic and cuddly approach to reading practice made its reappearance in Fremont last Wednesday at the Fremont Main Library. Therapy dogs, Hana and Sophie, who are both certified by the Ohlone Humane Society, visited the library branch to help kids gain more confidence when reading aloud. The event, titled “Read to a Dog”, invited kids to bring their favorite book for a 15 minute time slot with one of the pups. Although the event is open to all ages, it is mainly for local youth to have a judgment-free zone to perfect this lifelong skill. If you missed last week’s event, the library hosts a new session on the third Tuesday of every month from 4-5pm. For more information, visit AClibrary.org and look under the “events” tab.