Literacy is important and Washtenaw Success by 6 is doing everything we can do ensure that the youngest members of our county will be able to read. The following programs support Literacy in Washtenaw County:
Imagination Library
The Dolly Parton Imagination Library brings books to children's homes. Each month, from birth until they turn five years old, children enrolled in the program will receive a new, hard-cover, age-appropriate book mailed to their home. This means that by the time they enter kindergarten; children will have their own library of books and be more prepared to enter school and become readers.
The Karla Fund
In the summer of 1996, the Hamilton and Stoeffler families proposed the Karla Fund to honor Karla Stoeffler Hamilton, and to continue her belief that reading to babies would foster a love of reading and promote literacy.
Through the Baby Book Club of Ann Arbor and the Pediatric Department at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, the project was started and, today, provides 200 packets per month to the newborns in the Special Care Nursery and the Mother/Baby Unit of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. In November 2010, the Karla Fund merged with Washtenaw Success by 6, and has become an important part of our organization and our literacy initiatives.
Learn more about the Karla Fund here and how you can donate here