Reading Promotes Early Brain Development and Lifelong Learning Success

Orange County United Way’s Early Literacy Initiative promotes the Read Aloud 15 Minutes Campaign. We also provide our community partners with relevant materials to encourage reading.

United Way has placed 12 Little Free Libraries throughout Orange County. They offer unlimited access to books in areas where books are scarce. With a “take one, leave one” concept, readers can borrow a book and leave a book to share with others. The books are free and replenished by United Way with donations from the community.

The United Way Read Aloud 15 Minutes Campaign encourages parents to play an active, ongoing role in their children’s literacy. Parents are building reading routines at home and reading to their kids at least 15 minutes per day.

Big THANKS to our 400 community partners helping us create awareness about the Read Aloud 15 Minutes Campaign. And collectively, we are preparing Orange County kids for academic success.

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