2. California State
University,
San Bernardino
 Founded in 1965, CSUSB provides
outstanding post-secondary educational
opportunities and a pathway to upward
mobility to Inland Empire residents.
 CSUSB seeks to improve the quality of
life in the region through its engaged
students, job-ready graduates, high-
quality faculty, and community
partnerships.

3. The Inland Empire
 San Bernardino and Riverside Counties
 Covers more than 27,000 square miles
 Home to 4.3 million people
 13th most populous metropolitan area
in the U.S.
 3rd most populous region in California
behind Los Angeles and San Francisco

4. College of Education

5. Watson & Associates
Literacy Center
 Services:
• Provides one to one and one to two tutoring
• Concentration on four domains of literacy
• Listening
• Speaking
• Reading
• Writing
• Kindergarten through 12th grade
• Focus is on children who have not yet achieved
grade-level proficiency in literacy
• Fee based on a sliding scale

6. A house without books is like a room
without windows. – Heinrich Mann
 61% of low-income families have no books in their
homes
» Teacher.scholastic.com

7. 50,000 book giveaway
Riverside County
Saturday,
August 29, 2015
 Altura Credit Union
 First Books
 Solar Max Technology

8. 50,000 book giveaway
San Bernardino County
Saturday,
September 19, 2015
 The Molina Foundation
 OPC Trucking & Warehouse
 San Bernardino County
Superintendent of Schools
 Helping Hands

9. Pallets of Books
Solar Max, Inc.,
Riverside

10. Thank you volunteers:
Teen Challenge, Altura CU, Riverside Kiwanis,
Riverside Rotary, CSUSB staff and students

11. Teacher’s from all over the IE registered
Solar Max provided the storage and display area for the book
giveaway

12. San Bernardino book giveaway at CSUSB

13. Thanks to volunteers:
FedEx, CSUSB staff and their families, CSUSB
students

14. Every Child Needs a Book
Too many children live in homes without books
and attend schools and programs where books are
scarce.

15. Thank you, Rotary District 5330,
for your support.

16. Let us read and let us dance – two amusements
that will never do any harm to the world.
~~Voltaire

17. I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.
~~ Jorge Luis Borges

18. CALL OR EMAIL
RICKI MCMANUIS
909-537-5659
MCMANUIS@CSUSB.EDU
If you’re interested in learning more about the
Watson and Associates Literacy Center
Or
To donate books to the Inland Empire Children’s Book Project