Linda Hughes with Lead to Read KC tells her story behind volunteering to serve children by helping them learn to read.
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2024
Emeritus College Special Program: Linda Hughes and the “Lead to Read KC” program
Lead To Read KC is a not-for-profit organization that aims to “provide reading and mentoring support to students in first through third grade who attend high-need schools.” On October 23, 2023 Linda Hughes, Director for Outreach, told us how they accomplish their mission.
Explore KC’s rich writing and publishing scene
Kansas City is home to novelists and poets, bookstores and publishers, libraries and writer’s groups, creating a rich literary landscape.
Mahomes Foundation remains busy this week in Kansas City
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes may be away in Las Vegas at the moment, but his charity work in his hometown hasn’t stopped.
KKFI Changing Narratives with Brother Jay
Interim Executive Director of Lead to Read KC Terri E. Barnes discusses the literacy crisis in our community.
15 and the Mahomies Foundation Continues Partnership to Distribute Books
Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes and his foundation 15 and the Mahomies have once again teamed up with local nonprofit Lead to Read KC to encourage children to develop a love for reading through the “Read for 15” program.