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Rx for Reading Detroit is a nonprofit literacy initiative sponsored by University of Detroit Mercy. Since 2014, we have distributed over 125,000 new and gently used books to low-income children and families, and Detroit Mercy undergraduates have read with hundreds of preschoolers and elementary students in Metro Detroit. Our mission is to expand access to high-quality children’s books and support low-income families in reading with their children. Our vision is to help eliminate the opportunity gap by ensuring universal access to age-appropriate reading material.
Rx for Reading was founded on the basic principle that EVERY child has the right to read. Committed to the belief that “it takes a village to raise a child,” our approach is one of community-based collaboration. We have partnered with over 75 community organizations committed to incorporating literacy into their own work for children and families. Our partners include low-income health clinics, Head Start programs, homeless shelters, and churches.
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We will email you a personalized certificate recognizing your gift to Rx for Reading in honor of a loved one. After making your donation, please email readingdetroit@gmail.com with the name of the recipient(s) and giver(s) along with an optional personal message (50 word maximum). Sample certificates can be seen here; please specify your preferred design: https://bit.ly/2E9byNU
We will mail you a personalized certificate recognizing your gift to Rx for Reading in honor of a loved one. Please email readingdetroit@gmail.com with the name of the recipient(s) and giver(s) along with an optional personal message (50 word maximum). We will mail you or your loved one a personalized certificate, printed in color on high-quality card stock. (You can also request an emailed certificate if preferred). Sample certificates can be seen here; please specify your preferred design: https://bit.ly/2E9byNU
Your donation will create a new Rx for Reading Library in a community organization that serves children and families in Detroit. https://rxreading.org/tag/little-free-library/
You will receive your own custom built library AND sponsor a library for a community organization in Detroit. Your library will come with your choice of a stand for placement indoors or a pole for planting outside. The library comes unpainted. (Donor must be in the Metro Detroit/Ann Arbor area for delivery). https://rxreading.org/tag/little-free-library
As a Head Start sponsor you will cover the cost of an Rx for Reading Head Start partnership for one semester, purchasing 180 new books for 18 preschoolers to read, love, and keep. https://rxreading.org/what-happens-when-college-students-and-preschoolers-read-together