More than 1,300 Tulsa students were matched with 1,468 community volunteers who delivered a total of 47,602 Reading Partners tutoring sessions over the course of the 2016-2017 school year.

For five years the nonprofit ‘Reading Partners’ has collaborated with low-income schools in Baltimore, pairing students who struggle to read with a community volunteer.

Many people want to volunteer when they retire and have more time. Some want to give back to their community. Others want to regain a sense of purpose or learn a new skill.

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced the winners of the 2017 Library of Congress Literacy Awards at the Library of Congress National Book Festival gala on September 1st.

Reading Partners regional site coordinator, Allison Jones, describes the transformative powers of reading on WYPR’s Humanities Connection.

The Ballmer Group awards $1 million grant to support Reading Partners’ program.

For Immediate Release:

June 29, 2017

Contacts:

Nancy Sanchez, Sr. Dir. of Communications

nsanchez@svlg.org / (408) 501-7879

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A Reading Partners LA volunteer wrote a letter to the editor explaining the importance of national service funding to Reading Partners’ work.

The 74, a national news education site, published an in-depth article about the impact on Reading Partners if the White House cuts funding to CNCS.

In honor of National Volunteer Week, Reading Partners CEO Karine Apollon co-authored an article in Tulsa World about the difference volunteers make in communities.