{"id":79094,"date":"2025-06-04T16:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/79094\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T16:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:38:13","slug":"yoshinobu-yamamoto-reads-to-students-for-los-angeles-dodgers-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/79094\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoshinobu Yamamoto Reads To Students For Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) hosted a dual immersion story time and Q&A discussion panel for their LA Reads program at Dunsmore Elementary School featuring Yoshinobu Yamamoto. <\/p>\n

Yamamoto participated for the second season in a row, reading a story from Japanese-author Hayao Miyazaki and answering questions from the students.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did this last year and this year, and I\u2019m very thankful to be given this opportunity,\u201d Yamamoto said through his interpreter. \u201cI\u2019d like to do this if there\u2019s another opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dunsmore Elementary is a Japanese Dual Immersion school located in La Crescenta with more than 200 students enrolled. Dual Immersion schools teach students in both English and another language from an early age. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is so important for them to be able see someone today that looks like them, that speaks their language.\u201d LADF CEO Nichol Whiteman said. \u201cMany of them today, Japanese was their native language. So to see somebody who is from their home country, or family\u2019s home country, or of the language they\u2019re celebrating and trying to immerse themselves in, it\u2019s really special.\u201d<\/p>\n

LADF partnered with a dual immersion school to diversify their literacy efforts and highlight the importance of cultural inclusion in literacy focused community programming.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s great for kids to see Japanese people coming here and becoming successful,\u201d Yamamoto said. \u201cI\u2019d like to be a player who can give positive elements to these kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

LADF was also grateful to be able to partner with Yamamoto for the event, bringing a Japanese-star to interact with the kids.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the 2024 World Series champions, and we\u2019re still basking in that glow. So to have a World Champion here today and to have such a crucial guy and part of our team, Yamamoto here is a big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yoshinobu Yamamoto joins LADF\u2019s LA Reads program <\/p>\n

LA Reads<\/a> is a joint program with the Dodgers and LADF to address the literacy crisis in the city and motivate youth to read and build a lifelong love of reading. The program includes story times and book giveaways with Dodger players, coaches, broadcasters and alumni, as well as partnerships with libraries and literacy focused nonprofits. <\/p>\n

Since 2017, more than 30,000 books have been distributed to students, showcasing diverse authors and characters, and ensuring access to essential educational resources. <\/p>\n

LA Reads also invests resources into renovating and refurbishing literacy corners at after-school centers and libraries providing new furniture, paint and age-appropriate books. The Dodgers Reading Champions challenge incentivizes youth participants grades K through 8 to read 30 minutes or more per day.<\/p>\n

Have you subscribed to the Dodger Blue YouTube channel<\/a>? Be sure to ring the notification bell to watch player interviews, participate in shows and giveaways, and stay up to date on all Dodgers news and rumors!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) hosted a dual immersion story time and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,39,19732,1165,4332,19733,4333,774,57,10272,3224,4331,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-79094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-dunsmore-elementary-school","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-dodgers","13":"tag-la-reads","14":"tag-ladodgers","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","17":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers-foundation","18":"tag-losangeles","19":"tag-losangelesdodgers","20":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114626081873465411","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}