What is Read United? Read United is United Way of the Coastal Empire's programmatic response to the promotion of Early Childhood Literacy in our region. Read United will be on February 24th and is replacing Rotary Read In.
Read United Day is the hallmark event, an initiative that seeks to place books in the home of every child in Pre-K through second grade in our region. The program focuses on children in these lower grade levels because we recognize that an early response to the literacy gap that exists in homes of many low-income households can enable children in these homes to succeed.
Read United Day will occur across our region on a single day, February 24th. This kick-off event will place community leaders and volunteers in classrooms to read to over 19,000 children across our four-county footprint in Pre-K through 2nd Grades. Students will also receive their own books to take home with them during this event to promote literacy nutrition in the home. Although you can sign up to read at any of the schools, Haven Elementary is RCSE's partner school. If you would like to sign up, please visit https://www.unitedwayvolunteers.org/aem/general/event/?doc_id=6381.