About BRiLLiANT Book Clubs

The mission of BRiLLiANT Book Clubs is to arrange a fun, new way for kids to practice their reading, ultimately helping them improve their literacy and life skills, by matching trained mentors from the community to meet with them in book clubs. We aim to assist and support schools and teachers in their efforts to address the alarming rates of illiteracy present in our nation’s youth, by organizing and equipping community members to mentor elementary students during these weekly lunchtime book clubs. It is our hope that students exceed their grade requirements for literacy, and that BBC and its volunteers make a significant impact on local, and then national, school drop-out rates, crime, and poverty.

About The Director

Lindsay McClellan is the Executive Director and Volunteer Coordinator of Brilliant Book Clubs. She started the program in 2017 after her church hired her to implement a book buddy program for just a single failing school and found that there were thousands of other kids at hundreds of schools in her city needing similar help. She is married to Ryan and they have one son, Clancy. She is currently serving several schools and districts in the Oklahoma City area hoping to turn around the most daunting statistics of education in our nation. She hopes that with the help of volunteers, these kids can find that they are able to be BRiLLiANT in reading and in life!

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