PARTNER WITH READ SASKATOON

Big and small ways you can help support literacy in Saskatoon.

• Refer clients
• Cash donations
• In-kind services
• Book donations
• Sponsor a READ Saskatoon program or service
• Volunteer

REFER CLIENTS

READ Saskatoon believes that literacy is a basic human right. Everyone should have the chance to learn to read and to improve their literacy levels. READ Saskatoon provides free literacy services to adults and families living in Saskatoon. Our vision is to create a community that values literacy. If you have clients, customers, or staff who might like to improve their literacy skills, please contact us today!

CASH DONATIONS

READ Saskatoon receives its funding though government grants, cash donations and donations of in-kind services. Click here to make a donation to READ Saskatoon.

IN-KIND SERVICES

READ Saskatoon is supported by a number of individuals and organizations who contributed in-kind services to our organization. In-kind services can be in the form of your time volunteering as a tutor, helping out at special events, or making a donation of a product or service. Please contact us if you would like to provide an in-kind service to READ Saskatoon.

BOOK DONATIONS

Support the READ Saskatoon in-house library by donating a tutoring resource. Talk to the staff, as they keep a list of tutor requested materials!

Good Book Bins

You also may have noticed red plastic recycling boxes filled with new and gently used children's books placed in strategic locations throughout the city. These are the READ Saskatoon Good Book Bins. Families are to be encouraged to choose a book from the box to read together in the waiting area. Books can be taken home and returned at a later date, or kept. If you would like to make a donation to the READ Saskatoon library or to our Good Book Bins, contact us today.

SPONSOR A READ SASKATOON PROGRAM OR SERVICE

READ Saskatoon is a not-for-profit organization and fulfills its mission using funding derived solely through project grants and fundraising. Over the years, many businesses, employee groups and individuals have enhanced specific literacy projects through donations. For example:

• In 2008 Hitachi donated $5,000 to enhance our adult literacy tutoring program. The contribution assisted in moving our half-time coordinator to full-time to meet the increasing number of adult learners who need assistance, as well tutors who require additional support and guidance. It also subsidized the costs associated with publishing a quarterly newsletter aimed at improving the literacy skills and access to community information for adult learners in Saskatoon

• Each year, the University of Saskatchewan Employee’s donation fund contributes over $4,000 to us. An organization cannot deliver creative programming that meets the needs of learners and community without a healthy foundation and infrastructure. A strong board of directors and a creative staff cannot work at their best when they worry about paying the rent. The University of Saskatchewan Employee’s support to our infrastructure is pivotal to the sustainability and continuity of services we offer our adult learners and our community.