Together, We Can End Literacy Inequity

Gather Your Group. Become Reading Volunteers.

As a nationwide literacy nonprofit, we link passionate groups like yours with schools and organizations in need of reading volunteers. Together, we can make literacy a shared mission—one story, one child, one community at a time.

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what to expect

Here’s How It Works

We’ll guide you every step of the way. Once you register your group, we’ll connect you with trusted, vetted literacy organizations in your area—or across the country—that are ready to welcome and train reading volunteers. Our team handles the coordination so you can focus on making a meaningful impact.

Fill out the From

Fill out the form above to tell us where you’re located and how you’d like to help.

Get matched with a program

We’ll send you a list of vetted local programs that are ready to welcome you. You choose the one that fits best.

Reach out and get started

Contact your matches — they’ll guide you through the process of becoming a reading mentor

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Other Ways to Engage

Why Literacy Mentoring Matters

Literacy is more than reading — it supports social skills, emotional intelligence, and lifelong confidence. Learn More

Sign-up as an individual reading mentor

Make a direct impact on a child's life by becoming a reading mentor. We'll connect you with a literacy organization in your area.

Know a Literacy Org Doing Great Work?

Is there a literacy organization in your area that is placing volunteers to help children read that we should be aware of? Nominate them here.

Prefer to Give?

Children’s Literacy Project exists to re-ignite the cause of early childhood literacy in America. We help start new programs, we help increase existing programs, we connect organizations to people and resources, and we are on a mission to find and recruit 1,000,000 new reading mentors. Give here.