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 America's future: children. Combating illiteracy begins 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 in order to promote literacy from an early age.
Why Does Literacy Matter?
There are at least 11 million adults in America that are considered non-literate.
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.
2.25 million more adults will be considered functionally illiterate by next year.
Children who are not read to are less prepared when they enter school.
Of all prison inmates, 70% scored in the two lowest literacy levels, but with a one-year increase in education, arrest rates would decrease by 11%.
(sources RWD, NAAL)
So..How Can I Help?
Donate
Refer a child
SPREAD THE WORD! Tell your friends, family, and co-workers about Read On!
This epidemic will not end on it's own. We need intervention. Our future depends on it. Join in the crusade, become a Read On! soldier!
readon.info@gmail.com
Changing the future.
One child at a time.
One book at a time.
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