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Other Ways to Help
There are many ways you can help Read to Grow and support early literacy.
Here are just a few ideas:
- Have a "Literacy Luncheon" to collect books or throw a party to benefit Read to Grow.
- Organize a bake sale, penny drive, bottle and can drive, car wash, walk-a-thon or read-a-thon.
- Use your imagination and create your own project to collect books.
- Share the Read to Grow message by telling others about our programs.
Some ideas...
Jean Coady of Killingworth and Cathy McGrady of Madison invited more than 100 of their friends from all around Connecticut to dress up and step out in style for an evening to benefit Read to Grow. The gala event, held at Water’s Edge in Westbrook, was a stunning success, bringing in a pile of beautiful new books and almost $3,000 to support our programs.
Molly Visnic, one of our Founding Patrons, threw a Beach Party Benefit for Read to Grow a few summers ago. She invited hundreds of children (and parents, too) to her Branford beachside home to celebrate the first day of summer and share a fun-filled afternoon, complete with a moon bounce, a NY hot dog vendor, a DJ, games, a raffle and kayaks on the water -- all for the admission price of a new or gently used children’s book or monetary donation. Guests were wonderfully generous, stuffing shopping bags and overfilling boxes with great books for our programs. The day’s collection brought in more than 2,300 books and over $600!
H.Pearce Comapny Realtors in Branford generously sent a group of enthusiastic staff members to our office in celebration of Day of Caring 2006. In just a few hours, the crew affixed our Read to Grow label to more than 1,000 books, readying them for distribution to children across the state.
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