Readers Ignite uses comm-UNITY to work at breaking the Cycle of Illiteracy that gripes impoverished areas of the Chicagoland area. We empower community organizations to help engage the youth in reading by offering book giveaways and educating caregivers on how to impact literacy in new ways.
Launched in 2012, we are the ONLY children's literacy organization that works to partner in communities to address this! Currently 42% of youth 6 and under are NOT being read to in their homes!
Your help is vital as we are working to bring Laundromat Storytimes, Books on the Ball and Babies Need Books programs to more places. We have gotten over 20K books out, and run over 50 programs to date!
