About Us

Background:
Read To Me is one of the many projects sponsored by 4-H Hawai'i.  4-H is one of the programs of the Cooperative Extension Service, which is an outreach unit of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Services at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

The Read To Me project was started by two 4-H members who wanted to plan a community-service project that a lot of young people could do. They saw a storybook apron being used to read to young children, and decided this was something they could do. They held workshops for other teens to learn how to make and use storybook aprons. The teens then went out on their own and read to children.

The Read To Me design team was formed in 1997 to plan and implement activities across the state. They made it possible for teens not involved in 4-H clubs to participate in the Read To Me project. The design team also created training material that is now a complete training manual. The fourteen-member group consists of teens, college students and adults from various schools and occupations. Its members are responsible for obtaining funding for supplies and other resources and for managing those monies.

To download the 4-H Read to Me manual, you will need a password.
Download the 4-H Read to Me manual here.

Project Sponsors

Learn and Serve America
Hawai'i 4-H Alumni Association
National 4-H Council - Bridgestone/Firestone Trust
Hawai'i 4-H Foundation
Pizza Hut
Weinberg Foundation