Promoting Reading in the United States of America
EVERYBODY WINS! USA
http: / / www.everybodywins.org
When you read with a child… “EVERYBODY WINS!“ is a US American non-profit organisation that started in 1981 as a network of adult volunteers with employees reading to elementary school children from lower income families in a one-on-one situation once a week during their lunchtime. The network now exists in 16 US states and Washington D.C., and while the idea of [ ... ]
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Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF)
http: / / www.RIF.orgFounded in 1966, RIF is the oldest and largest children`s and family nonprofit literacy organization in the United States. RIF’s highest priority is reaching underserved children from birth to age 8. Through community volunteers in every state and U.S. territory, RIF provides 4.5 million children with 16 million new, free books and literacy resources each year. All RIF programs combine three essential elements to foster children`s literacy: reading motivation, family and community involvement, and the [ ... ]
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National Children`s Reading Foundation
http: / / www.readingfoundation.orgThe first Reading Foundation was formed in 1996 to support students in Benton-Franklin Counties attain the high standards required by Washington`s Educational Reform Act of 1993. The five citizen founders recognized that if students didn`t have strong reading skills they could not be successful in school and couldn`t fairly represent their knowledge on assessments. Eight neighboring school districts were founding members of the first Reading Foundation. The original design was based on the writing of [ ... ]
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Friends of Libraries U.S.A. (FOLUSA)
http: / / www.folusa.org / index.phpThe mission of Friends of Libraries U.S.A. (FOLUSA) is to motivate and support state and local library support groups across the country in their efforts to preserve and strengthen libraries, and to create awareness and appreciation of library services by assisting in developing Friends groups in order to generate local and state support. FOLUSA provides guidance, education, and counsels on issues and concerns relevant to Friends, Trustees, Foundations and Libraries. Friends of Libraries U.S.A. promote the [ ... ]
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Literacy Connections-Dutchess County
http: / / www.literacyconnections.org„Literacy Connections - Dutchess County“ is an accredited independent affiliate of ProLiteracy America and ProLiteracy Worldwide. Literacy Connections - Dutchess County is located in New York. Using an approved tutor training method, the organization recruits and trains volunteers to provide one to one and small conversation group tutoring for people who are functionally illiterate. There is no cost for tutoring services. The program is student centered, which means that the student helps to set [ ... ]
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The Books For Kids Foundation / Stiftung Bücher für Kinder
http: / / www.booksforkids.org /The “Books for Kids Foundation” was created in 1986 in New York. Since its beginning, the “Books for Kids Foundation” has provided children with more than 5 million books, created 56 libraries and provided literacy programs in many of these locations. Their goal is to deliver or create programs in every library. The mission of the Books for Kids Foundation is to promote literacy among all children with a special emphasis on low-income and at-risk preschool-aged children. Books for Kids creates libraries, [ ... ]
DetailsRoom to Read / Stiftung zur Einrichtung von Bibliothteken
http: / / www.roomtoread.orgRoom to Read provides children in many countries in South-East Asia as well as other countries with opportunities to read and receive a basic education, by four different programmes (setting up libraries,making books in minority/native languages available, building schools, targeting the education of girls in a specific programme).
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