This isn't the only way I provide for my family, but it's something I haven't been able to give up. I love playing for kids. After Beard's presentation, students will be split up into groups of about eight, where volunteers will continue to work with them on their writing. This is the 21st time the YAC has been put on, Hinman said. Some of the 100 volunteers attended the workshop as elementary school students, she said.
Kids come who are really interested in writing.
It makes a really active, really hectic day. For students who didn't apply or weren't chosen to attend the workshop, a performance by Beard is scheduled for Friday at the Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library. The show will start at 7 p.m., and is open to all family and friends of elementary school students. Part of the money for the Saturday workshop comes through Title I, a federal grant that funds reading programs throughout the country. The rest of the tab is picked up by the South Central Reading Council, made up of the nine counties that sent students to the workshop.