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
Thanks to Our Sponsors
and Supporters for Making an Impact!Masterpiece
Media Sponsor
Classic
AnnaLee & Andy Waite
Best Seller
Anna & Fred Charlton
novel
novella
Richard Schmidt
story Book
Lisa & Thomas Chance
Jacque & Mike Daughtry
Kevin Kushner & Brittany Sakowitz Kushner
Karla & Paul LeBlanc
Deepak Manoharan
Deviyani Misra-Godwin & Gareth Mugeli
Poem
Jessica Faith Carter
Delmar
Andrea & Greg Desnoyers
Vanee & Steve Kesten
Mindy & Jason Kollatschny
Cathy McDonnell
Lynsey Ritchie
Picture Book
Shelley Frisby
Lee Walker
Dawn & Ken Zieren
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
5th Ward / Downtown
- Bruce
- Dogan
- Ross
Heights
- Love
Museum District / 3rd Ward
- Lockhart
North / Northwest Houston
- Burrus
- Conley
- Dunn
- Harris
- Jones ELC
- Jones Primary
- Magrill
- Ogden
West Houston
- Daily
- Emerson
- Shadowbriar
- Walnut Bend
TSU / UH
- Blackshear
- De Zavala
- Seguin
- Thompson
Southwest Houston
- Benavidez
- Bonham
- Braeburn
- Cunningham
- Ed White
- Fondren
- Mark White
- Milne
- Neff
- Neff ELC
- Piney Point
- Sutton
- Sylvan Rodriguez
- Valley West
