President and CEO, Rene Gellerman, says COVID-19 has created gaps in literacy for children in Rock Island and Scott county schools. Local studies have found 30% of third-grade students meet grade-level proficiency compared to 61% before the pandemic.
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United Way Quad Cities, https://readunitedqc.org/
United Way's goal is to help at least 500 local preschoolers through third-graders. And the agency will need hundreds of volunteers to meet with them once a week for 30-minute, one-on-one reading sessions.
Read United QC is the name of the campaign. It's a partnership with local school districts with the support of Group O and the Quad-City Times.
More information is available at Read United QC. Or contact United Way Operations Assistant Amy Daniels at adaniels@unitedwayqc.org or 563.344.0344.
