Read for Children

Read for Children

April 15 – May 17, 2024

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Building the future of our community is an important mission that will never go extinct.

Read for Children is a month-long event that builds literacy skills and provides reading materials to young children in the Milwaukee community.

Event Activities

  • Student Book Fairs
  • Community book drives
  • Month-long expanded Volunteer Read with Me
  • Classroom read-ins at our two center-based sites, 11 partnership sites, and home-based programs
  • At-home family reading challenge

Event Goals

  • Collect 5,000 books
  • Read to children for 50,000 minutes
  • Raise $70,000 for Books for Kids

Here’s how you can get involved:

Donate Now

Help us build the future by making a financial contribution in support of Next Door’s Books for Kids Program. Please click ‘Donate Now’ to make your donation today.

Sponsor

Help us reach our goal of raising $70,000 in support of Next Door’s Books for Kids Program through your sponsorship. Click ‘Sponsor’ above for more information.

Volunteer

Help us reach our goal of reading to children for 50,000 minutes. Volunteer for a reading experience with children at Next Door. Bring yourself, your friend or your team. Click ‘Volunteer’ above for more information and reserve your volunteer time online, today!

Collect

Help us reach our goal of collecting 5,000 books to build children’s home libraries. Host a book drive to collect and donate new or gently-used children’s books, or purchase books from our  Amazon Wish List. Click ‘Collect’ above for more information and to sign up to host a book drive.

Please join in helping us build the future! By supporting Next Door’s Read for Children, you will help write the next chapter of success for young children in Milwaukee!

 

To create your custom engagement package, please contact Joe Schultz at 414.999.2551 or jschultz@NextDoorMKE.org.