Read for Children: Be the Superhero in a Child’s Story!
Unleash Your Inner Superhero This May
This May, Next Door’s annual Read for Children event returns — and we’re calling on our community superheroes to help power a month filled with reading, imagination, and bright futures for Milwaukee’s youngest learners.
Read for Children highlights the importance of early literacy and provides a boost of resources for early learning in our classrooms and our families’ homes.
Last Year’s Highlights
See the extraordinary superheroes who read, donated, and championed early literacy in 2025. Their superpowers made real change — now it’s your turn to suit up!
Event Goals
- Read 135,000 minutes to Next Door students
- Raise $135,000 for Next Door’s early literacy education
- Collect 1,000 new board and picture books for children ages birth to five
Ways You’ll Be Able to Join the Adventure:
Donate Fuel the Mission
Your support helps strengthen early literacy programming Milwaukee children. Early gifts make an immediate impact and help launch our month‑long reading quest with momentum.
Volunteer as a Reading Superhero
Opportunities to help us reach our goal of reading to children for 135,000 minutes have been posted! Check out our Volunteer page for more information or reach out to Missy at volunteer@nextdoormke.org with questions.
Be a Book Hero
By choosing a book from our Amazon Wish List, you help put a brand‑new story into a child’s hands—supporting early literacy, imagination, and a lifelong love of reading for families at Next Door.
Stay Tuned, Superheroes!
Check back for event updates and goal progression throughout the month. Together, let’s make this May a super month for early literacy!