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Please join Tucson’s Literacy Movement for the 1st Annual Rally for Literacy! When: Saturday, October 1st, 9 – 11 am Where: Jácome Plaza at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library in Downtown Tucson, 101 N. Stone Avenue (directions) at the corner of Church Ave. & Alameda Free parking in the library garage What: Free, family-friendly [...]

We think this year’s Reading Seed Game Board is better than ever, so we’re working hard to make sure you have lots of opportunities to pick one up for each of your students! The new game board packets and Reading Seed journals will be available for pick-up at all Tucson Bookmans locations until 10 pm [...]

The 2011 Tucson Classics Car Show is right around the corner, and Rotary Club of Tucson is looking for volunteers to help with ticket presales at this year’s Oktoberfest. In the last four years, Reading Seed has received over $240,000 from this great annual event, and we would truly appreciate any support you can offer [...]

Reading Seed is pleased to bring our dedicated coaches some exciting new opportunities for networking and professional development! Many of you have asked for additional training activities – and we are listening! There will be plenty of time for idea sharing and to connect with other Reading Seed coaches in your area, as well as [...]

When Caitlin, now 11, was a first grader at Cottonwood Elementary, she always looked forward to her weekly visit with her “reading buddy,” Reading Seed coach Mrs. McKissick.  As a young student, Caitlin struggled with reading and simply needed more support. Her reading coach made a significant difference in how she viewed time spent reading [...]

The Reading Seed training scheduled for Wednesday, August 24th at Nanini Library has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please visit our training page for a list of all upcoming new Reading Coach trainings and feel free to contact the Reading Seed office at 520-798-0700 with any questions or concerns.

Reading Seed’s partner program Stories that Soar! will be featured in a FREE performance at the Children’s Museum Tucson on Monday, September 5th at 11 am!!

The birthday party scheduled for Friday, July 8th to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Literacy Volunteers of Tucson has been canceled due to the damage.

Take our online survey today and be part of Tucson’s exciting new literacy movement!

As of this Friday, July 1st, summer hours will be in effect at the Reading Seed office on Silverlake Road.

The Reading Seed office will close at 12:30 pm on Friday, June 24th. We will open again on Monday, June 27th at 8 am. Have a great weekend!

Reading Seed and four other literacy nonprofits have merged to create one powerful organization and lead a literacy movement!

If you are a reading coach, please take a few moments to update your contact information and give us your feedback.

Many thanks to the Tucson Padres for providing baseball tickets for students who completed the reading game!