Read To A Child
Organization background

Read to a Child's (RTC) mission is to foster a love of reading, improve literacy skills and empower underserved children by inspiring adults to read to them regularly. The program is entirely volunteer based. The organization started in one location in 1991, and has since grown to operate in many cities: Greater Boston, Detroit, Hartford, Los Angeles and Miami.

Project background

RTC's flagship Read Aloud Mentoring Program, is a weekly read-aloud experience, where an adult volunteer is paired with one elementary school student for the entire school year, with the relationship often continuing until the child graduates the program at the end of fourth grade.

In 2019 (due to Covid), RTC started a Remote Read Aloud Program, designed to supplement at-home learning, provide opportunities for shared family enjoyment of children's literature and inspire families to establish consistent read aloud practices at home. Videos are created of guest readers reading to children on Zoom which are then shared with partner schools, promoted across social media channels and listed on the RTC website for students & their families to utilize.

GKF contributions to RTC