Make A Difference on Houston Reads Day
Winner of the 2022 Association of Fundraising Professionals Outstanding Fundraising Program (under $2M).
Join us for Houston Reads Day - Engage. Impact. Empower.
Thursday, March 2, 2023
8:30AM - 2:30PM
A single day for Houstonians to come together to read to students, support Literacy Now’s expansion, and bring awareness to the literacy crisis in our city.
- 500+ volunteers
- Encourage to read to at least two classrooms for 15 minutes each
- Very limited virtual reading opportunities will also be available
- 35 HISD and Aldine ISD schools participating
- 14,000+ Pre-K-3rd grade students impacted
- Fundraising goal: $1,200,000
2021 & 2022
Houston Reads Day Impact
- Raised $1.4M to expand our services
- 800+ volunteers read to more than 19,000 Pre-K - 3rd grade students
- Allowed Literacy Now to expand to 10 new schools
For more information, contact Ken Kelly, Development Director
Participating Schools
Southwest Houston
- Benavidez
- Bonham
- Braeburn
- Cunningham
- Milne
- Neff
- Sutton
- Sylvan Rodriguez/li>
- Valley West
West Houston
- Emerson
- Mark White
- Shadowbriar
- Walnut Bend
5th Ward / Downtown
- Bruce
- Dogan
- Ross
North / Northwest Houston
- Conley
- Jones ELC
- Jones Primary
- Magrill
Museum District / 3rd Ward
- Lockhart
TSU / UH
- Thompson
