Read to Children
Today’s children are the business leaders, healthcare professionals, and elected officials of tomorrow. Children discover possibilities through books as they develop a love of reading. But sadly, studies have found there are very few age-appropriate books in the homes of low-income children.
The Literacy Council with the partnership of Better Basics, The Children's Literacy Guild of Alabama and the Junior League of Birmingham help to foster the love of reading through Birmingham Reads, a program that coordinates volunteer reading to school classrooms and provide each child in the classroom a book of his or her own to keep.
We are very grateful to all volunteers who particpated. On April 14th more than 14,000 students in 700 classrooms in the Birmingham City School system were read a story by a volunteer, including local media celebrities, football players, and Birmingham Mayor William Bell.