By joining our literacy network, you’ll be matched with literacy programs that are in need of reading mentors.
If you’re running a structured volunteer literacy program or school reading program, we’d love to support your work. We’ll connect you with eager reading mentors, national visibility, and resources to help your program grow.
Not sure if mentoring is right for you? That’s okay. Learn what it’s like to become a reading mentor or volunteer tutor—and how we’ll support you every step of the way as you help a child learn to read.
Churches are powerful partners in literacy. Discover how to start or strengthen a church literacy program that mobilizes volunteers, supports families, and helps kids thrive in your community.
Whether you’re a business, school, faith group, or just friends, we’ll match your team with a trusted local program. Together, your group can join our literacy volunteer network and make an impact teaching kids to read.
This map shows the reading mentors and literacy nonprofits already in our network. These markers represent an individual or organization committed to fighting the literacy crisis and helping kids learn to read. From coast to coast, more people join every day, proving the crisis is solvable.
Your support fuels our mission to expand a growing literacy volunteer network that spans the nation. By joining the Children’s Literacy Project, you help connect reading mentors and volunteer tutors with children who need them most.