Read On The Blog!
The place to find out the latest happenings of Read On!
What is it?
Read On! is in an individual choice, it is a strength, it is a community, it is literature, it is power, it is knowledge.
Read On! is a powerful initiative that seeks to help end America's growing illiteracy epidemic by placing power in the hands of children. Combating illiteracy starts with early intervention. Read On! provides books to children who need it most. We collect used books and hand deliver them to children who are in a "book deficit" or "book drought" and require books in their home or school to promote literacy from an early age.
Why Does it Matter?
There are at least 11 million adults in America that are considered nonliterate.
At least 43 million adults in America function at the lowest literacy level.
47% of Detroiters are functionally illiterate.
One in six adults across America reads below a 6th grade level.
In general, literacy increases with more education.
(sources RWD, NAAL)
How Can I Help?
Donate your books
Refer a child
SPREAD THE WORD!
Changing the future
One child at a time.
One book at a time.
