For countless parents, grandparents and others in children’s lives, reading to them is one of the purest joys of raising a child. Not all children are…

Group O’s Maria Ontiveros: ‘Literacy is a powerful tool against poverty’ Between being a mother to an 18-month-old baby, working as the Corporate Community Liaison at…

Volunteer-led literacy initiative helped 575 students;92% of student participants in the spring improved their reading scores…

September 14, 2022 This is what happens when we work together. While working with our schools, we began to understand the impact the pandemic had on…

Quad Cities mayors and United Way supporters united to read with the students of all three third-grade classes at Rock Island Academy on Wednesday, March 2,…

United Way hopes to help close COVID-related gaps in youth literacy by connecting hundreds of volunteers with students across the Quad Cities for weekly one-on-one reading…

Did you know, before the pandemic, nearly 2 in 5 Quad Cities third-graders were unable to read? Third-grade reading proficiency is a key milestone in a…