826 Valencia. A San Francisco writing lab for kids ages 8-18 who want to improve their writing skills through free tutoring and other programs.
Bay Area Literacy Network. Represents 25 library-based adult literacy programs, from Mendocino County to Santa Clara County.
Bring Me a Book Foundation. Mountain View nonprofit promotes family literacy with efforts such as its Book Bag Library in the Workplace program. Group also shares book lists with parents, teachers, school districts, and produced literacy videos for educators.
The California Dictionary Project. Each year this Bay Area nonprofit donates dictionaries to third-graders in California.
First Book. Publishers and other contributors provide new books for needy children in California and nationwide.
Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles. Site includes a city-by-city listing of Southern California services.
Reach Out and Read. National, nonprofit that promotes literacy by making books part of pediatric care at doctor’s offices, clinics and hospitals. Click here, then use the map to view more than 100 participating providers in California:
The Wonder of Reading. Non-profit group helps renovate school libraries in Southern California and provides new books, and also trains volunteers to read one-on-one with children each week.
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