Born to Read provides 25,000 bilingual literacy kits, one to every baby born in Bexar County. Kits include 2 books (1 bilingual), a library card application and helpful tips on how to raise a reader.
San Antonio ranks 7th in the United States in population, yet 60th in literacy with a 25% illiteracy level. The families of the approximately 25,000 babies born each year need to be equipped with the skills and knowledge of how to encourage a lifelong love of learning and reading in their children.
Born to Read partners with the San Antonio Public Library and area hospitals to distribute 25,000 bilingual literacy kits when parents and newborns leave the hospital.
Born to Read hopes to raise a generation of readers who love learning and will become educated, healthy, self-reliant members of the San Antonio community.
San Antonio, demographically, is today what other major US cities will be in the year 2040. What currently works for SA will serve as a benchmark for other programs in major cities across the country.
- Kaye Lenox, President, SAPLF
Total Funding Received to Date: $21,006
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $28,994
Total Funding Goal: $50,000
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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