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About Us
Project READ is a coalition of public and private organizations working
together to build skilled workers, strong families, and healthy communities.
Through Project READ, over 35 literacy and basic skills providers, 83 schools
and tutoring sites in Montgomery, Greene, and Preble counties, and over 55 businesses and
community partners are committed to building literacy in the
Miami Valley. Since July 1990, Project READ has been located at Sinclair
Community College in Dayton, Ohio. Project READ relies solely on grants
and individual gifts for financial support.
During the last year (FY07) Project READ:
Check the links below to learn more...
Community Literacy Board 2008
Coalition Members
Community & Business Partners
Participating Schools
together to build skilled workers, strong families, and healthy communities.
Through Project READ, over 35 literacy and basic skills providers, 83 schools
and tutoring sites in Montgomery, Greene, and Preble counties, and over 55 businesses and
community partners are committed to building literacy in the
Miami Valley. Since July 1990, Project READ has been located at Sinclair
Community College in Dayton, Ohio. Project READ relies solely on grants
and individual gifts for financial support.
During the last year (FY07) Project READ:
- Connected 1048 adult learners to free learning opportunities (GED, English for
Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), basic, and workplace literacy)
- Referred 430 adults to volunteer programs, tutor training, or literacy-based
volunteer activities
- Collaborated with community and business partners in presenting over 28
community and family literacy awareness events, including the READing Festival, the
GRIMMY Awards, READing Jamboree, and the Concert for Literacy reaching more
than 10,000 people with the literacy message
- Distributed over 7,000 new books to adults and children in the Greater Dayton Area
donated by publishers and through volunteer-driven book drives
- Literacy*AmeriCorps Dayton Service Members contributed 12,250 hours of literacy
education services to the Greater Dayton community, teaching more than 450 adults in
GED, ESOL, or basic skills development classes, and provided literacy tutoring
for 455 youth
- 632 Miami Valley READS volunteers tutored 1,774 students - A recent study of this
school-age student tutoring program showed that 71% of youth in the program achieved
reading gains
Check the links below to learn more...
Community Literacy Board 2008
Coalition Members
Community & Business Partners
Participating Schools
Project READ is sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education, Montgomery County, City of
Dayton, Sinclair Community College, United Way of the Greater Dayton Area, gifts from businesses
and foundations, private contributors, and its member organizations.
Project READ is an active member of the Ohio Literacy Network.
Dayton, Sinclair Community College, United Way of the Greater Dayton Area, gifts from businesses
and foundations, private contributors, and its member organizations.
Project READ is an active member of the Ohio Literacy Network.
Project READ, c/o Sinclair Community College, 444 W. Third St. Rm.6121, Dayton,OH 45402