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Keira's Reading Assist Fundraiser

A fundraiser for 2024 Giving Tuesday Fellow Fundraiser (Reading Assist)

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I’m Keira Anderson.

I’m fundraising for 2024 Giving Tuesday Fellow Fundraiser (Reading Assist).

Reading Assist supports struggling readers in grades K-3 throughout Delaware and D.C. This year, we are hoping to raise $35,000 in honor of Reading Assist's 35th anniversary! Your fundraising efforts will help us purchase much-needed items that fellows use in the classroom every day!
  • $25 can purchase 4 whiteboards for student lessons
  • $50 covers the cost of grapheme sound decks for 20 tutors
  • $100 will purchase student workbooks for 10 students
  • $250 can buy one iPad for a tutor to conduct weekly reading assessments

About Reading Assist

Mission: Reading Assist provides intensive services for young, at-risk children with the most significant reading challenges so that they achieve reading progress and proficiency.

About Us:
Reading Assist is dedicated to providing high-impact literacy tutoring year-round for at-risk children in kindergarten through third grade across Delaware, Chester, PA, and Washington, D.C. We help children with significant reading challenges, empowering them with the skills to reach grade-level proficiency.
Our Impact:
  • We partner with schools serving high proportions of students of color, students with disabilities, and multilingual learners.
  • Our Reading Assist Fellows provide one-on-one or small group tutoring for students in the lowest 25% of reading proficiency.
  • Through daily, 30-40 minute sessions, our students show significant progress, moving from minimal proficiency to mastery of essential reading benchmarks within a school year.
Beyond the Classroom:
In addition to our core school-year program, we offer:
  • After-school tutoring (launched in the 2022-23 school year)
  • Summer tutoring (now in its 4th year)
These programs ensure that students receive continuous support throughout the year.
Proven Success:
  • At least 85% of our students reach grade-level reading benchmarks each year.
  • In the 2023-24 school year, 90% of students reached benchmark levels in at least one foundational reading skill, with 75% of kindergarteners meeting grade-level benchmarks.
How Your Support Makes a Difference:
This Do More 24, you can help us provide essential resources that directly support our students’ progress:
  • $25 – Provides 4 whiteboards for student lessons
  • $50 – Supplies grapheme sound decks for 20 tutors
  • $100 – Purchases workbooks for 10 students
  • $250 – Buys 1 iPad for conducting weekly reading assessments
Donate today and help ensure every child gets the literacy support they need to succeed. Your gift can make a world of difference in their lives.

County Served: Kent; New Castle; Sussex

Office Location(s): Bear; Claymont; Dover; Elsmere; Hockessin; Middletown; Newark; New Castle; Seaford; Townsend; Wilmington

Sector: Education; Kids; Literacy