Our Mission
to facilitate supportive relationships for children through family and friends reading aloud with them.
Our Vision
All children will feel the security of caring adult relationships and develop a love of reading through the read aloud experience.
Our Core Values
1. We value intergenerational social interaction as an opportunity to share cultural heritage and values.
2. We value children and youth as powerful, important resources for the future of any community.
3. We value reading aloud as an effective medium to build relationships and develop an interest in reading.
4. We value service to others as a powerful method for personal growth and an increase in self-worth.
5. We value our relationship with our community and our country as a public trust by providing services with the highest integrity and sound business practices.
Our Objectives
• To enhance the joy of reading for children and youth
• To foster and maintain relationships and bonds between all ages by spending time with each other through shared-reading
• To provide role modeling opportunities for at-risk youth and incarcerated family members through their commitment to the children and youth with whom they read regularly
• To gain satisfaction from giving of oneself through the intergenerational shared-reading experience.
• To demonstrate the power of the shared-reading experience for developing meaningful intergenerational relationships and life-changing attitudes about reading and relationships.
We Believe Children Deserve
To Be read To On a Daily Basis
Connection
We've seen time and again how children develop a love for reading when loved ones take the time to sit down and share a story with them. Those special moments have the power to impact children for the rest of their lives.
Education
We offer several opportunities for families learn new tools and techniques to instill the habit of reading aloud with children. You can get involved by volunteering with Reading Legacies to help us achieve this important goal.
Success
Reading to a child for just 5 minutes a day can dramatically increase their educational and emotional success as they grow. Bonding through reading not only helps children to feel supported and loved, but can can also increase rates of early childhood literacy.