Judy Huynh's Read to Feed Table for Teachers

Karen Merchant takes a moment to chat with Judy Huynh at our Read to Feed Booth.

Judy Huynh works at our Read to Feed table. When I asked her about Read to Feed her answers were so good I'm going to let her speak for herself.

Read to Feed is a curriculum developed by Heifer to teach young people about sustainable solutions toward ending poverty and hunger in the world and to help them learn that they can make a difference in the world.The curriculum integrates all content areas. Teachers can choose to do one lesson or all the lessons. They may choose to have students involved in gathering pledges for books read to raise money for Heifer, if they wish.
Read to Feed benefits children here because they become better readers and global citizens; they understand that they can make a difference in the world by how they live their lives, and they can help children around the world to have better lives. If they choose to collect pledges for the books they read and send it to Heifer, that money will help children in the places where the money is sent to have food to eat and the opportunity to get an education. Even if students don't participate in the collecting of money for books read, they learn about the causes of hunger and poverty in the world, and they learn to make better choices in their own lives, which will impact children all around the world.
I just received a letter last week notifying me that I have been selected to serve as a member of Heifer's new School Programs Advisory Council. As a member of this council, I will be providing comments, feedback and expertise on the development and implementation of the new elementary/primary grade program for Read to Feed. Our first meeting will be a conference call on June 18th. I'm really excited about participating in this.
I have done presentations on Heifer and Read to Feed at county, state, and national conferences for teachers. I have also done workshops on Heifer for 4-H. Lynda Richter, Olga Albert, Pam Trevan and I have presented twice together in Ionia County in costume! Pam has a chicken costume, Olga has a lamb costume, Lynda has a chicken costume, and I have a cow costume! It's really fun.
To learn more about Read to Feed visit Heifer's website, readtofeed.org.