For my Girl Scout Silver Award, a project requiring 50+ hours to create a long-lasting impact on the community, l co-planned a community event where volunteers adapted board books to make them more accessible to children with fine motor disabilities. My partner and worked with Tandem Bay Area, a local non-profit specialized in Early Learning. Our project was featured in the Tandem blog post found here.
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Adapted books are altered by adding easy-to-use tabs or ribbons to the pages, to make them easier to turn for children with fine motor limitations.
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Our volunteers created 36 hand-made adapted board books during the event!
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Pictured left to right: Dr. Julie Barton (Tandem Development Manager), Luisa Taverna (Project Partner), and me (throwback to when I had braces)