Partnering with Mid-Iowa Community Action (MICA), Read 2 Lead ensures families and children have fun books to encourage reading and early literacy at home. We partner with the local Head Start classroom to provide books children read in class AND can take home to further their learning alongside their families.
Through special volunteer partnerships with quilt making groups, such as The Midland Quilt Makers, the Life Responsibilities Class at Grinnell High School, and 4H groups like Deep River Helping Hands, our earliest learners (Birth - five) are provided with their own personalized "Literacy Care Package".
Literacy Care Packages include a selection of new high-quality, developmentally appropriate children's books (up to 4 books) to bring home and enjoy over the winter season. Selected books are carefully packaged with a reusable book bag and include a new blanket or hand made quilt, stuffed animal, information on Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and the local library. Each package is further personalized for every child by including a high interest book alongside a blanket and stuffed toy/animal.
