How READ Association of Saginaw County Helps Kids
Samantha Engel discusses the READ Association of Saginaw County, founded in 1966 to help children improve reading skills and discover the joy of reading. She shares her background as a historian at Dow Gardens and the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation, then explains why she joined READ in January 2024. The episode outlines READ’s core mentor program—trained adult volunteers paired one-on-one with students for weekly sessions during the school year—along with a structured tutoring program based out of the Family Literacy Center at 100 S. Jefferson using the Barton System of Reading and…
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