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title: Kristel gives the gift of reading
description: Kristel is one of five winners of Endeavour Foundation’s Imagine What’s Possible competition and we are thrilled to have played a part in making her biggest dream a reality.
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# [Kristel gives the gift of reading](https://www.endeavour.com.au/resources/blog/kristel-gives-the-gift-of-reading)

 Written by [Admin](https://www.endeavour.com.au/resources/blog/author/admin) | Aug 29, 2022 3:30:00 PM

Kristel dreamed big and won!

*“It feels really excellent that my dream came true,”* Kristel said.

*“Finally!”*

## Kristel’s dream

Kristel is one of five winners of Endeavour Foundation’s Imagine What’s Possible competition and we are thrilled to have played a part in making her biggest dream a reality.

Her dream? To give reading pens to students with disability so they too can discover the joys of reading.

*“At school, I couldn’t read at all, and I couldn’t get the one-on-one teaching to help me improve my reading skills,” *Kristel said.

*“A tutor told me about the reading pens. I bought one and used it on the Harry Potter book for the first time and it all clicked. My reading is so much better.”*

Kristel wishes that she had the opportunity to learn how to read while she was still at school and hopes that one day there will be a reading pen in every single school.

*“School kids are still learning, and I want them to learn how to read early on, because it is really important when it comes to using your imagination,”* she said.

## Watch how we made Kristel’s dream come true!

Kristel’s dream came true in July when she donated 15 electronic reading pens to Southport Special School on the Gold Coast.

 

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