Story Dogs in Murwillumbah, New South Wales | Non-profit organisation

Story Dogs

Locality: Murwillumbah, New South Wales

Phone: +61 411 536 355

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25.01.2022 We are so happy that our Dog Teams are slowly going back into schools. Here is a comment from a year 2 student in Queensland, such great commitment to 'Charli' their Story Dog!

25.01.2022 'Buster' and Natalie miss visiting the kids so they decided to share a story online!

25.01.2022 Story Dog Charli, like many of you, is waiting patiently for the green light to come back to school! She’s going barking mad at home

24.01.2022 One of our very generous Dog Sponsors with their sponsored dog ‘Zef’ and our volunteer Sophie. Sponsors keep the pages turning for us to help more children learn to read. Thanks so much!! #funreading #childrensliteracy #stuartgrimleymp #dogsvolunteering

23.01.2022 A fun working bee to put stickers on all the wonderful books donated to us by our supporters and Dymocks Children’s Charities. A great day with lovely people! Thanks for all the help. Volunteers make the world go around! #dymockschildrenscharities @dymockschildrenscharities #funvolunteering #funreading #volunteersmakeadifference

22.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3v2EtUmXNk Anne and ‘Maggie’ visit the Richmond Tweed Regional Library for Story time. ‘Maggie’ sniffs her way around the library shelves to find 'Mutt Dog!' by Stephen Michael King (Scholastic Press, 2009). Keep your eye out for our other Dog Teams reading in the Richmond Tweed Regional Library, Dawn & ‘Doogle’, Mary & ‘Charlie’ and Jonika & ‘Evee’. Thanks everyone for a great reading experience!

22.01.2022 New dog vests ready to be delivered to new volunteer Dog Teams. Some areas are slowly opening up again. #dogsvolunteering #staysafestayhome #childrensliteracy #funreading

22.01.2022 "In one term, I have seen a delightful little girl go from reading like a quiet mouse to a roaring tiger (as per ‘Holly’s’ request), and a little boy who started on level 12 at the beginning of the term and reached level 25 by the end. The little boy’s teacher is amazed, but watching him with 'Holly', it is clear that he just needed a reason to sit still while he reads. Patting 'Holly' while reading was the perfect excuse." This is why we do what we do over here at Story Dogs

22.01.2022 Story Dog Quinn keeping up her reading skills and looking forward to the time she can get back to her children at school

19.01.2022 Bella is missing her sessions with her Bertram Primary School readers, but she's keeping her reading skills well-honed!

19.01.2022 Only 3 more days to send in your best doggie photo and support Story Dogs. QSuper Centre is donating $1 for every entry Woohoo!!! Please share this post and get lots of photos happening. Thanks for your support to help more children learn to read. #qsupercentre #funreading #childrensliteracy #dogsvolunteering

18.01.2022 Our Volunteers are staying safe at home reading to their dogs. Here is the link to our playlist which includes 'Gertie' the Story Dog listening to the story Pig the Pug. https://www.youtube.com/playlist

18.01.2022 'Zoe' the Story Dog enjoying her Thank You treat. A HUGE thanks to all the crew at Just For Pets for making these dog treats happen. It is a pleasure and privilege to work with such passionate people! https://www.justforpets.com.au/

18.01.2022 Competition time! Just for Pets is generously helping to support Story Dogs. Just for Pets are running a photo contest where you submit a photo of you reading to your dog. The more likes you get on your photo, the more chance you have of winning. Check out @justforpets and click the link in their bio to enter and make donations to Story Dogs. https://www.justforpets.com.au/pet-photo-competition/ #justforpets #storydogs #storydogsaustralia #readtoyourpet #dogsofnstagram #photocompetition #childrensliterature #makereadingfun

17.01.2022 Awesome Alice visiting the school on March 12th. A few days before we had to suspend the program due to COVID-19

17.01.2022 Please send in your best doggie photos for this wonderful opportunity for your dog to be a star! Story Dogs will receive $1 for each photo submitted!! Woof Woof!! We are so excited to be involved in the Doggie Face of Q Super Centre in 2020. Go to facebook.com/QSuperCentre or visit www.qsupercentre.com.au #qsupercentre #dogsvolunteering

17.01.2022 Books Books Books! Buddy is surrounded. Here is a small glimpse of the wonderful books funded by our supporters and Dymocks Children's Charities. Although we are not in schools our dogs are at home brushing up on the latest reading material. These books will be going out to our volunteers once everything is back to normal. If you want to see our Dogs in action listening to stories, visit our YouTube Channel StoryDogsAU.

16.01.2022 Chevy is also missing the children reading to him

15.01.2022 Story Dogs is very excited to be receiving a HUGE cheque from The Lismore Southern Cross Credit Union. SCCU have been running a campaign over the last 12 months of giving Story Dogs $5 for every new account opened. It has resulted in over $770 being donated to Story Dogs. Thanks SCCU! Woof Woof!

15.01.2022 OMG can I get a shoutout to how CUTE this little guy is??!!

14.01.2022 "Some years ago now, I learnt about Story Dogs in an article on the ABC and it really resonated. It brought together two things that are special to me - the optimism of dogs and the joy that they bring to life, and the gift of reading. I support Story Dogs; not only to help children learn to read in a nurturing environment, but with the hope that it instils a love of reading, which is a gift for life." Vicki Martin, Individual Sponsor (Sponsor of Harry)

14.01.2022 Thanks so much to Dymocks Children's Charities!

13.01.2022 Story Dogs are very excited to welcome Lisa Laing to our Board. So good to have fresh eyes on our organisation and to tap in to some of Lisa’s strengths. #greatleaders @theuncomplicate

12.01.2022 Here is "Frankie" looking after herself in her downtime. Jen and Frankie volunteer at Fremantle Language Development Centre.

11.01.2022 Very grateful to the Rotary Club of Capalaba for generously choosing to fund Story Dog teams again in 2020. A great time was had by all, when Steve took Story Dog 'Beau' & Clare took Story Dog 'Sam' along to meet everyone in their snazzy dog vests recently. Region Coordinator, Amanda, presented the Club with a Story Dogs plaque to thank them for their ongoing support.

10.01.2022 "It's hard not to immediately fall in love with a dog who has a good sense of humor." - Kate DiCamillo

09.01.2022 Story Dog Maggie has chosen to ‘social distance’ by taking to the bush. Camping on the Gwydir River near Bingara & chilling out!

09.01.2022 #qsupercentre #dogsvolunteering #childrensliteracy #sponsorshipopportunity #helpingkids

08.01.2022 Story Dog 'Penny' was very lucky to meet Kaye Baillie the author of Boo Loves Books. This book, which is illustrated by Tracie Grimwood, has so many wonderful parallels to the Story Dogs program. Thanks Kaye for donating a signed copy to us! We love Boo!! Just Write For Kids Australia Author Kaye Baillie

08.01.2022 We recently had the pleasure of welcoming Wendy and her dog Lucy from Story Dogs to the Junior School. Story Dogs aims to make reading fun for children, so the...y become confident lifelong readers. The girls were thrilled to meet and practise their reading with Wendy and Lucy and can’t wait for their next visit!

07.01.2022 Gizmo normally goes into Russell Island school on the Bay Islands in South East QLD. For now he's at home practising his reading.

07.01.2022 So excited to meet the newest recruit to the Story Dog team. Bazee, we love you already. You have a very important job ahead of you... in the meantime, just help mum lick the stamps. #storydogsaustralia #storydogs #childrensliteracy #makereadingfun #dogsofinstagram

06.01.2022 ‘Takumi’ at the start and end of a one on one reading session at Collier Primary School in WA. Very important and exhausting Story Dog work! #dogsvolunteering #childrensliteracy #funreading

06.01.2022 Did you know that in Australia, 46% of adults are considered "functionally illiterate"??? We want to change the future by helping the generations going through schooling now to all come out with literacy skills. Isnt that a crazy statistic?! You can support us by donating $2 every week to pay for a one-to-one reading session in a school. https://bit.ly/3lNa9it ... Story Dogs team xx

06.01.2022 Oona the Story Dog being COVID safe in Victoria. #dogsvolunteering #covidsafe #childrensliteracy #funreading

03.01.2022 A further update: The suspension of Story Dogs reading sessions outlined in our last update will remain in place until further notice. In the meantime we are reading at home with our wonderful dogs. You can hear a story with your favourite Dog Team at our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/playlist

02.01.2022 Story dogs is a fantastic initiative that Yandina Hardware are proud to support. Robyn Baker and Polly dedicate time every week to to a reading program for chi...ldren at the Yandina State School. Robyn your a star Make sure you give her and Polly a wave and have a chat about the program if you see them out and about in Yandina Story dogs need more dogs out in the schools so if you have a fluffy family member and are keen to listen contact Story Dogs for more information (see the link in comments)

02.01.2022 ‘Lucy’ the Story Dog smooching with her sponsors BCU Lismore NSW. The support is very much appreciated in these crazy times. Thanks to Marianne ‘Lucy’s’ mum and all the team at Lismore BCU. I am sure the interruption to their work day was very enjoyable. Woof Woof!! #bcu #dogsvolunteering #childrensliteracy #funreading #dogsponsorship

01.01.2022 How special is this handmade display board for Lakelands Primary's Story Dogs, Mr Puttel, on left, and Max? Dean, one of the school cleaners, created this clever and awesome display in his spare time. A lovely welcoming gesture for when Max and Mr Puttel return to school