The SPCA Serving Erie County will continue its popular Tale for Two reading program throughout the 2024-2025 school year!
Tale For Two encourages children ages 5-16 to read aloud to adoptable animals at the SPCA. Animals benefit from increased socialization and reduced stress levels while children work on their literacy and reading skills, building self-esteem and confidence.
This year’s reading sessions are available in six packages, and new this year are single sessions. Full-year packages for $150 are available Sept. 30, 2024 through Aug. 30, 2025. A school year package for $100 is available Sept. 30, 2024 through June 14, 2025. Seasonal packages for $65 run several weeks in fall, winter, spring and summer. New single sessions are also available for $10 each. Packages include one reading session per week, available Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 4:30 to 6 p.m., and Saturdays from 3:30 to 6 p.m., at the SPCA’s 300 Harlem Road, West Seneca shelter. Reading sessions are 30 minutes in length.
Children can bring their own reading materials, or make a selection from the SPCA’s library.
Space per reading session is extremely limited, so parents and guardians are encouraged to register children early. Find more on Tale for Two, including specific package dates/times and registration links, at YourSPCA.org/TaleforTwo24-25.
