Grant from Save the Children to support summer reading challenge at The Marvel Center

The $5,000 grant provided by the global humanitarian organization will help support three summer reading challenges at child care programs including The Marvel Center in Rupert.
West Virginia Association for Young Children was awarded a $5,000 grant from global humanitarian organization Save the Children to support a summer reading challenge for three West Virginia childcare programs including The Marvel Center in Rupert. This challenge encourages childcare programs to provide daily reading opportunities for children throughout the summer.
WVAYC, along with nearly 200 other libraries, local businesses, faith-based organizations, universities, school systems, local governments, and youth organizations from across the U.S., were selected by Save the Children to support innovative approaches to summer learning and childhood literacy.
This initiative is a part of “Make Summer Fair,” Save the Children’s summer reading campaign, which runs June 1 through Sept. 8 (World Literacy Day) and strives to increase awareness of the importance of extended learning opportunities that keep children reading during the summer months when school is out.
“Save the Children is grateful to all our partners who participated in the grant program,” said Tamsyn Oakes, Senior Advisor of Community Impact at Save the Children. “We are inspired by their commitment to promoting childhood literacy in their communities, and we look forward to supporting all of these innovative projects and seeing them up and running to combat summer learning loss across rural America.”
The West Virginia Association for Young Children is a membership association for early childhood professionals in West Virginia. The association is dedicated to supporting high quality early childhood programs, expanding opportunities for early childhood professionals and advocating for West Virginia’s young children.