A visit from Molly the story dog

Molly the dog recently came to gave us her bark of approval for supporting her through Story Dogs. We became a sponsor for the Story Dogs program last year.

Story Dogs is a reading support program designed to improve the literacy skills of children by using dogs like Molly.

Students read in a non-classroom environment to accredited dogs. The program has proven to improve reading skills, increase focus and build confidence.

Molly and her owner Carolyn visit a school voluntarily once a week, on the same day, and at the same time, for approximately two hours. The children chosen by the school to participate are usually Year 2 students. They are generally between the ages seven to eight.

Molly is especially proud of one little boy from Buderim Mountain State School. At the start of the school year he would only hug Molly. Now she gets to listen to him read her a whole book!

We love receiving updates like this at the Buderim Community Bank^® branch. It makes us so proud to see how our sponsorships benefit our community. This is only made possible through the support of our customers.

Our team member Marielle made sure to give Molly some extra pats to show our appreciation!