Thanks Tucson for a record-setting show of support at Tucson Festival of Books!
Thanks to your support, Literacy Connects collected over 1,400 signatures for the National Right to Literacy Scroll at their tent at the Tucson Festival of Books on March 10 and 11. This is a new national record!! Previously Milwaukee held the record for the most signatures with 1,238. There is no competition for how many […]
Reading Seed Children’s Literacy Program chosen as 2011 Wings Like Eagles Foundation award recipient!
Reading Seed Children’s Literacy Program is thrilled to have been selected as a 2011 Wings Like Eagles Foundation award recipient. In December 2011, the Wings Like Eagles Foundation awarded a total of $60,000 to five charitable organizations in our community, including $10,000 to Reading Seed. Since 2003, The Wings Like Eagles Foundation has awarded over […]
Sunnyside neighborhood, a literacy epicenter!
Results are magnified when entire families, neighbors and friends are involved What’s happening at Mission Manor Elementary School and the Sunnyside Literacy Zone? Everything! The Sunnyside Literacy Zone is one of two focus areas founded by the Literacy for Life Coalition, and being implemented by all the merged programs of Literacy Connects, local community members, […]
Reading Seed Coaches make a lasting impact…
When Caitlin, now 11, was a first grader at Cottonwood Elementary, she always looked forward to her weekly visit with her “reading buddy,” Reading Seed coach Mrs. McKissick. As a young student, Caitlin struggled with reading and simply needed more support. Her reading coach made a significant difference in how she viewed time spent reading […]
