It started with just one child who was struggling to read and grew from there. Twenty-five years later, Park Falls resident Beth Lindgren has helped teach innumerable students to love reading. Each week, she has volunteered three hours in Ginny Luoma's fourth grade classroom at Chequamegon Elementary School.
The volunteer work began when fourth grade teacher Luoma asked Lindgren to help with a particular student who was struggling to read. Lindgren, who is an RN, was a stay-at home mom at the time, and she wanted to give back to the community in some way. So three days out of the week, Lindgren volunteered an hour and pitched in to team-teach with Luoma's reading class. “She really does whatever I need help with during the reading period,” said Luoma.
Lindgren's background as a nurse helped her in her new project, and with plenty of child psychology under her belt, she found she loved working with the kids. “I didn't know how much I would enjoy doing it until I started,” she explained. “It's really a lot of fun and that's why I've done it for so long.”
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