Club Read is a program designed through the Michigan's AmeriCorps Reading Readiness Project. It is a volunteer program designed to deliver tutoring and mentoring programs to School Aged Youth in Michigan. This program is currently active in 12 of the 83 counties in Michigan. Throughout the year we will be recruiting volunteers, organizing literacy related community service projects, and providing literacy related family programming opportunities for parents. AmeriCorps is a national service incentive signed into law by President Clinton.
Members commit at least one year of time and energy to serve diverse local needs.
All AmeriCorps programs have common elements and goals. Done Strengthening Communities Encouraging Responsibilities Expanding Opportunities For more information on AmeriCorps or its programs visit the AmeriCorps homepage . The program is implemented in three elementary schools, Rose City, West Branch Surline, and Whittemore-Prescott. Ogemaw county is located between Houghton Lake and Lake Huron in the northeast region of the state. We are primarily a rural and farm based economy with state and national forests surrounding our county.