OUR IMPACT
Since opening our doors in January 2015, READ 718 has provided tens of thousands of one-to-one literacy tutoring to over 450 children -- many of whom have returned for multiple cycles --, trained over 600 volunteers, provided 20+ educational workshops to parents and educators in our community, and launched our Saturday READing Room, Summer READing Room, READ 718 Remote, READ Up, Rising READers, and Kids Book Club programs. In September 2019, we opened our second READ 718 site (in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood), allowing us to double our in-person reach.