For only $10.00 the Blue Manatee Literacy Project can donate a new, age and content appropriate book to a disadvantaged student in the Cincinnati area.
Based on informal survey results in 2 focus schools conducted by teachers, over 90% of kindergarten and first grade students report having between zero and 5 books at home of their own to read with a family member. Despite recent improvements, close to 40% of children entering kindergarten in disadvantaged neighborhoods struggle to read at grade level, with 3/4 of those students remaining at similar risk by grade 3. There are 37% of Kindergarten students in CPS that are not ‘on track’ when tested for Reading Diagnostics.
You can help change the course of these young readers lives by donating to BMLP. Buy a virtual book today and we will turn it into a physical book held in the hands of an at-risk child.