READER TO READER INC
EIN: 03-0496901
BASED: Amherst, MA, United States
CHARITY WEBSITE: Reader to Reader
Over $40 million dollars worth of books and computers donated and counting! Thank you, donors!
Fact: 60% of underprivileged children do not own a single book.
Fact: Low literacy costs $73 million per year in direct health care costs.
Fact: When the state of Arizona calculates how many prison beds they need, they factor in the number of 4th graders who are behind in their reading skills.
This makes a well-stocked school library a critical resource hub that is a necessity, not a luxury.
Reader To Reader is a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to the promotion of literacy in under-resourced communities worldwide. Our key interests are improving basic literacy, increasing retention and graduation rates both in high school and in college, fostering a love of reading, and bringing books into the institutions that need them the most.
Our mission is to support communities and individuals who are impoverished, neglected, or disempowered, with special focus on the Navajo Nation, rural areas including Maine and Mississippi, and our local Massachusetts schools.
Other projects:
ONLINE MENTORING- One-on-one reading with a college mentor gets kids engaged with reading in new and exciting ways.
MANY PATHS- College advising and prep website/mentorship for low-income, minority and/or first-generation students to get them into college and graduated!
ATHENA INTERACTIVE LITERACY PROJECT- Teen moms from Holyoke, MA come to our offices for workshops in spoken word poetry, teaching their kids to read, interactive literacy and healthy cooking.
SPRINGBOARD PROGRAM- Student-designed, student-led literacy projects are supported by Reader to Reader for maximum impact on both student and community. Students are challenged to provide educational resources in innovative, valuable and wanted ways. Community involvement is high, and projects are made sustainable by community empowerment and ownership.
$11,774
$ RAISED| Anonymous | $10 |
| Henrik | $30 |
| Brandy Ellis | $10 |
| Adrianne Wonnacott | $20 |
| John Edwards | $100 |
| Christine Seminario | $10 |
| Danielle McQuillan | $10 |
| John Edwards | $100 |
| Adam Bloom | $10 |
| Kat Libby | $20 |
| Elise Marie Myrvang Eikeland | $10 |
| Peg Duthie | $50 |
| Jennifer & Brian Gnolfo | $50 |
| the hill family | $10 |
| Martha Hart | $100 |
| Layla Cantlebary | $100 |
| Kindness Ninja | $45 |
| Amber (aLmYbNe... | $40 |
| Michael Rusk | $430 |
| Glenn Fleishman and Lynn D Warner | $105 |
| Cathy Safiran | $175 |
| Jenny Torres Sanchez | $55 |
| Darrelyn Saloom | $125 |
| Anonymous | $55 |
| Jane Kelley & Victor Kudrikow | $50 |
| Cindy and Luis Urrea | $25 |
| evelyn goldenberg | $18 |
| Casoly | $120 |
| Erin H. Turner | $25 |
| Haeinn Woo | $10 |
| Kenneth I. Juster | $100 |
| Millie Manion | $75 |
| Bethanne Patrick | $50 |
| Nancy Thayer | $200 |
| LitChat | $250 |
| Tom Flittie & Janet Lansberry | $50 |
| Najia Arrihani | $10 |
| BouncePath Marketing | $250 |
| Melissa Aybar | $25 |
| Amy A Ford | $25 |
| Elise Marie Myrvang Eikeland | $10 |
| Anonymous | $50 |
| Shawn & Kari Kalgren | $75 |
| Adria Gallup-B... | $10 |
| Katherine Schmerzler | $100 |
| Kristina A. | $30 |
| Anonymous | $40 |
| Frances R. Posel | $1,000 |
| Anonymous | $50 |
| kimberly eckroth | $11 |
| Danielle McQuillan | $10 |
| Leslie Smith | $25 |
| Julia Kato | $20 |
| Michele and Eric Cwiertny | $35 |
| Denise McKnight | $50 |
| Adrianne Wonnacott | $50 |
| Melissa F | $10 |
| Adria Gallup-B... | $10 |
| Carlo Garcia | $10 |
| Emma Boisselle | $10 |
| Joan Levitt and Marge King | $20 |
| Katherine Schmerzler | $25 |
| Carly Foreback | $150 |
| Anonymous | $20 |
| Michelle Kimmel | $200 |
| Michele and Eric Cwiertny | $35 |
| Mark Wittow | $250 |
| Melissa F | $10 |
| KAREN GISSIN | $10 |
| Barbara Brown | $10 |
| Adria Gallup-B... | $10 |
| Jussi& Lena Rajna | $50 |
| John Edwards | $50 |
| Sandra Jacques | $20 |
| Elise Marie Myrvang Eikeland | $10 |
| Jane & Andy Sinauer | $250 |
| Anonymous | $125 |
| Anonymous | $10 |
| Mitchel Resnick | $100 |
| Abby Farris | $20 |
| Greg and Chris Pellerin | $25 |
| Joe | $20 |
| David Hansell | $75 |
| Marianne Janack | $20 |
| Steven Asher and Rebecca Warner | $36 |
| Eva Goodwin | $35 |
| Rebecca Todd | $500 |
| Celebrat... Jason and Tarrin | $20 |
| Robert M Rakoff | $100 |
| Michele | $11 |
| Stewart Butterfi... | $500 |
| Tim and Christina | $100 |
| Nghi Nguyen | $10 |
| PG | $10 |
| Amy Meltzer and Keith Lepine | |
| The Burzlaffs | $50 |
| Megan Davies | $150 |
| Anonymous | $10 |
| Natalie Limon | $10 |
| Anonymous | $25 |
| Haeinn | $250 |
| Anonymous | $50 |
| Lynne Auslander | |
| joanne and dan weil | $150 |
| Tanuja Reddy | $50 |
| Nanci Gelb | |
| Michele | |
| Anonymous | $54 |
| Ellen | $200 |
| Nion McEvoy | $200 |
| Anonymous | $200 |
| Anonymous | |
| John Edwards | $50 |
| Kate McGough | $15 |
| Grant McGough | $15 |
| Emma McGough | $15 |
| Bryden McGough | $15 |
| Linda Andersen | $10 |
| Sheena Habell | $15 |
| Jan Brown | $51 |
| Jan Brown | $51 |
| A.S. King | $20 |
| Racheal McGilliv... | $98 |
| Robyn B. | $25 |
| Cara and Jim Friedman | |
| Fast Horse Cathy | $115 |
| LitChat - Books Are Great Gifts | $70 |
| Audrey Cole | $180 |
| Maggie Dana | $20 |
| Linda Bernstein | $35 |
| casoly | $60 |
| Joe Wallace | $25 |
| evelyn goldenberg | $20 |
| Myrna and Bill Breitbart | |
| Anonymous | $25 |
| GEORGE GROSSMAN | $100 |
| Adrianne W | $200 |
| Keyser Images Photogra... | $100 |
| ART4GOOD Foundati... Inc. | $26 |
| Germaine Habell | $20 |
| Shane Mawe | $26 |
| Michael Kovac and Jessica Carbino | $400 |
| The Pedersen... Family | $100 |
| guillermo e ospina | $10 |
| ART4GOOD Foundati... Inc. | $100 |
| nadine biewer | $10 |
| Rebecca Todd | $100 |
| Anonymous | $150 |
| eddie lavelle | $25 |
| lemondrink | $51 |
| M & E | |
| Anonymous | $20 |
| Mariah | $10 |
| Eric wesa | $75 |
| Anonymous | $100 |
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Happy May! It’s finally spring, and kids will soon be running out the school doors into sweet summer freedom. But over 19,000,000 children across the country do not own a single book. Can you imagine a summer without even a little fun reading?
Please take a minute to check out Reader to Reader's newest fundraiser with Twive & Receive: http://twive.razoo.com/story/Amherst-Loves-Books Your donation on June 14th could help us win a share of $30,000! Now more than ever, the smallest donation can have a huge impact. You can sign up for a reminder email on our page, or if you just can't wait to get books in the hands of children, donate now. Thank you for your support!