By Gloria Garcia | Vice President, Business Development and Brand
Whether a child wants to be a parent, a teacher or walk on the moon, you are helping turn those dreams into reality through the power of reading. Few other early literacy programs operate as Raising A Reader does with national reach and proven impact. Since 1999, donors like you have helped us serve more than 1.6 million families to develop, practice and maintain home-based literacy routines that are linked to school and life success.
In 2017, we launched one of the nation's most ambitious early literacy campaigns, RAR 3.0M, with a goal of reaching 3 million children and families by the end of 2020. Your generous contributions allowed us to partner with 300 affiliates, expanded to more than 3,000 implementation sites and served more than 126,000 children and families. Our impact was felt across the country from inner cities and suburbs to rural areas and neighborhoods.
We were inspired by your generosity and the time and resources you provided. RAR’s impact is made possible because of your support. Your patronage of bringing STEM literacy to low-income children has helped provide a solid foundation of STEM and early literacy for children across the United States. The impact of your donation to this project has served 50 children in Wicomico County Public Schools in Maryland. Our hope is that will result in more economically disadvantaged children, girls, English language learners and minority populations represented in STEM-related fields in years to come!
To all of you, ten million children started kindergarten last September and we are fighting for the seven million that won't be able to read proficiently by Grade 4 if current national trends continue. We thank you for your passion and commitment to ensuring all children can read and pursue their dreams, whatever those may be.
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By Jenna Nguyen | Manager, Business Development and Brand
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