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Our Mission: To develop successful, lifelong readers by encouraging children's love of reading and learning.

We are unique: Rolling Readers has three components to our volunteer-based organization: Read Aloud, Tutor USA, and two book giveaways each year.

  • Our volunteers commit one hour per week to read aloud or tutor reading to children in the Midlands.
  • We serve all children including many who are disadvantaged in Title I schools, shelters, after-school programs, faith based and child development centers.
  • Our Tutor USA reading model for grades 1-3 raises the reading levels of children by two to three reading levels upon completion.
  • Each of these children receives a new book twice a year.
  • These children learn first hand the value of volunteerism and philanthropy.
The Need For Literacy Intervention:

Kids Count Statistics: South Carolina ranks 43rd in the overall well being of its children with 36% living in poverty. This study found that children in divorced and single-parent families are at increased risk for "low measures of academic achievement (repeated grades, low marks and low class standing)."

Office Of Educational Research and Improvement: Research proves that many of the children with these obstacles will not receive additional reading assistance at home, cannot afford reading tutors or new books, and do not have transportation to local libraries.

National Education Association: Children who were read to frequently are also more likely to:

  • Count to 20 or higher than those who were not (60% vs 40%)
  • Write their own name (54% vs 40%)
  • Read or pretend to read (77% vs 57%)
The Read Aloud Handbook: Renowned author Jim Trelease has proven that reading aloud to children improves their reading, writing, speaking, listening and , best of all, their attitudes about reading. Since children listen on a higher level than they read, listening to others read aloud stimulates growth and understanding of vocabulary and language patterns.

The Commission on Reading: After two years of research, conclusive evidence found that "the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children."