In an effort to continue to advance our youth and focus on early childhood literacy, the United Way of the Coastal Empire is partnering with the Savannah Rotary Clubs and the SCCPSS to help provide one-on-one mentoring to the 2nd graders at our local public schools. Though a year-long commitment for our volunteers is required, the time is minimal. Each volunteer is requested to sit with the assigned student for just one hour twice a week to help build that relationship, understand their needs, and help to develop their reading skills. The evidence-based, leveled reading program advances students’ reading ability by focusing on phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and reading instruction-phonemic awareness.  

A few notes: For each school, twenty second-grade students receive one-on-one reading tutoring to support reading proficiency by the end of the third grade and beyond. Trained volunteers (aka Read United Buddies) commit to working with students twice weekly for one hour throughout the school year.   

****Exact days and times will be determined soon. Stay tuned!****

Each school requires up to 20 volunteers to support the weekly Read United Buddies program. You are welcome to partner with a friend to help share the weekly commitment. In addition, we welcome an unlimited number of Backup Buddies, who are willing to step in when a regularly scheduled Buddy is unavailable.

Interested? Please sign up using the link below!

https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/480c01486e6f49f2b36cca7b16817d3f

Questions? Contact Cheri Dean, VP of Direct Services for the United Way of the Coastal Empire, readunited@uwce.org 912-651-7707