We’re shedding the spotlight on one of our youngest supporters, Elia, and her family! Renee, Sara, and baby Elia find creative ways to support early literacy, and other Bay Area nonprofits. For Renee and Sara, giving back is not only a way to create positive change in their community, it’s a way to ensure baby…
Bay Area Book Festival partners with Raising A Reader
We’re proud to announce our involvement with the Bay Area Book Festival! On June 6 and 7, this free, inaugural book festival will be held in downtown Berkeley. Enjoy activities, workshops, readings, and much more - great for all ages! Raising A Reader will be hosting a table (be sure to stop by to chat…
Inspired by Son, Local Mom Organizes School-wide Book Drive to Benefit Raising A Reader
There are so many ways to give back – whether it’s a gift of time, money, or resources. Choosing how to give back and what organizations to support can be daunting. For one Bay Area mother, a quest to organize a service project for her son’s fifth grade class led her to choose an organization…
Show Your Love for Early Literacy this February
February is a great month for showing your love and appreciation for friends, family, and your community. Throughout February, Raising A Reader wants to invite all our supporters to join us in showing appreciation for those special moments of book-sharing. Each time a child and a parent cuddles up to read together, something truly amazing…
New Year, New Books for Bay Area Children
Thanks to the Golden Gate Mothers Group, children throughout the Bay Area will enjoy brand new books with their families this year! The GGMG will be hosting a book drive throughout the month of January to help families in San Francisco, Alameda, and Contra Costa Counties establish book sharing routines that can ignite a child’s passion…
RAR Offers Alternatives to Traditional Holiday Gifts
Give a Gift that Keeps on Giving! There’s no time like the holiday season to take a moment to appreciate all the special people in our lives that accompany us on our journey through the years. It’s also a great time to get together and celebrate a year’s-worth of memories. Chances are, you’ll be invited…
Raising A Reader Texting Study Featured in EdSource
News about our partnership with Stanford University researchers in a recent parent texting study is making the rounds! We’re happy to be featured in a recent EdSource article, examining what Raising A Reader provides to parents and educators. Most importantly, this article notes that parent involvement is the key to developing a life-long love of…
Parent Texting Study Produces Results!
Recently, Raising A Reader, San Francisco, Alameda & Contra Costa Counties partnered with researchers from Stanford University to lend a helping hand in crafting helpful tips on building early literacy skills for a parent texting study conducted in the Bay Area. Now, the results are in: tips-by-texting works! This inexpensive, accessible outreach effort proves to be…
A Note from Executive Director, Molly Wertz
This week we’re feeling grateful at Raising A Reader. It’s been five years since we secured our 501c3 status and began our work as an independent organization. But that’s a funny way to say it – we are anything but independent. Our work depends on strong working relationships every single day. Thursday night we gathered…
We’re Top-Rated!
Thank You! We asked our supporters to help us make the 2014 Top-Rated List on GreatNonprofits.org, and you made it happen! We couldn’t be more excited! Without your great reviews and positive feedback on our organizational profile page, we couldn’t have earned a spot on the list. Now that we’re top-rated, Raising A Reader will…