ARISE2Read Annual Book Campaign
61% of low-income families have NO books in their home!
Help us put brand new books in the hands of 4,000 students this school year!
Give the gift that lasts a lifetime – an education!
Training Opportunities
There are no training sessions scheduled at this time. If you are interested in serving as an ARISE2Read Coach (our term for tutor), please complete this brief form:
Give the gift that lasts a lifetime – an education!
THERE IS HOPE!
Research reveals that children living in poverty who read proficiently by the end of the third grade have an 89% graduation rate!
Many Thanks to Our Amazing Volunteers!
36
Schools
2022–2023
695
Volunteers
Served 2022–23
648
Students
Coached 2022–23
31,244
Books
Given 2022–23
31
Community
Partners
Our Challenge
39%
of Memphis children live in poverty and are, on average, THREE grade levels behind their more affluent peers in reading.
66%
of students not reading on grade level by 4th grade will likely be incarcerated or need welfare.
61%
of students in low-income families have NO books in the home.
Our Solution
We train volunteers in a simple sight word approach to work with 2nd-grade students in our partner schools.
Our volunteers commit to serve for 1 hour a week, from September to April, coaching students one-on-one.
We provide every 2nd-grader in ARISE2Read schools with 8 – 10 brand-new books each year. Why? Because research shows that children living in poverty who are reading on grade level by 3rd grade have an 89% graduation rate!
Our Results
In 2022-2023, ARISE2Read students gained an average of 346 words or 3.5-grade levels of growth. Only 12% of students pre-tested on grade level. Post-test results revealed that 69% of our students were on grade level for a
478% increase
in students reading on sight word grade level.
A comparative analysis of 2nd-grade students in ten ARISE2Read partner schools who pre-tested below grade level revealed that 66% of ARISE2Read students were on grade level at the post-test, compared to 15% of students not in ARISE2Read.
Save a Child. Save a Family. Save a City.
2/3
of students who cannot read proficiently by the end of the fourth grade will likely be incarcerated or need government assistance.
13:1
In middle income neighborhoods the ratio of books per child is 13:1; in low income neighborhoods, the ratio is 1 age-appropriate book for every 300 children.
61%
of low-income families have no books at all in their homes for their children.
Learn How to Get Involved
All it takes is one hour a week to help change a child’s life!