Annual Book Drive

Benefitting students participating in our summer math and reading program.

June -July

Literacy and Poverty statistics

• Students who have access to different types of reading materials at home have higher reading proficiency.

• In some low-income neighborhoods, there is ONE BOOK PER EVERY 300 CHILDREN.

• In middle-income neighborhoods, there are 13 books per ONE CHILD.

• Students who read at home are better readers and have higher math scores.

• 83% of low-income 4th graders score "Below Proficient" in reading.

• 2/3 of students who cannot read proficiently by the end of 4th grade will end up in jail or on welfare. Over 70% of America’s inmates cannot read above a 4th grade level.

• Of adults with the lowest literacy levels, 43 percent live in poverty 

 

S.P.A.R.K (Summers Producing Academically Ready Kids) is Noggin's free, 6-week program providing math and reading enrichment activities with the goal of reducing or preventing summer learning loss.  Each summer we serve 150 pre-k through middle school students. 

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Our goal is for each student participating in S.P.A.R.K. to go home with a new book and a new children's bible of their own.  We have created an Amazon wish list for suggestions but will take any donated books that are new.  

 

Amazon Book Wish List

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Partner Organizations

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For more information contact: 

Doneda Bailey

doneda@nogginfoundation.org

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