Read a book, change a life. Volunteering with Lead to Read KC.

Lead to Read KC’s dedicated volunteer Reading Mentors are caring, dependable adults in the lives of the students we serve. But did you know that spending one-to-one time with a child builds healthy brain connections at any age? 

Check out our guest blog post on Nonprofit Connect to learn more about how positive relationships with adults can change a child’s life — and how Lead to Read KC’s diversified programming is supporting our students’ social-emotional learning and getting more books into the hands of young readers. 

Read our guest blog post >>