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Welcome!
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“Reader To Reader is such a simple idea and such a farsighted one – provide books for students of all ages who don’t have them. I can’t think of a worthier endeavor or one that will have a more profound effect.”
— Norton Juster
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About Reader To Reader
Based on the campus of Amherst College, Reader To Reader, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to bringing books, free of charge, to needy school libraries and public libraries across the United States. Fact: 60% of underprivileged children do not own a single book. This makes a well-stocked school library a critical resource hub that is a necessity not a luxury. Who We Serve Reader To Reader serves the nation’s poorest communities, including inner-city schools, Native American Reservations, and poor rural towns, where the need for books is acute. Results 
Over 2,000,000 books shipped nationwide. Over 1,200,000 books shipped to rebuild school libraries devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Over 400 under-resourced schools across the U.S. receive books from the Reader To Reader program throughout their school year.
Major Reader To Reader initiatives in Bridgeport, Connecticut; Louisiana, rural Mississippi, Detroit, Michigan; Massachusetts; rural Maine; the Navajo Reservation; and Compton, California. Rural community library initiatives in Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas.
Our Mentoring Programs Doris Hiatt Mentoring Program 
This innovative mentoring program brings together children from low-income backgrounds and college student reading mentors to read books and discuss them online in a specially designed forum. The students not only receive positive feedback and academic support, but also much-needed role models. Navajo Mentoring Program 
This special program links Navajo high school students with Amherst College student reading mentors to read books and discuss them online in a specially designed forum. In addition, the reading mentors travel to the Navajo reservation in order to work one to one with the students and to learn firsthand about Navajo life and culture. The Navajo students then spend a week at Amherst College learning about the college experience about a wide variety of career options first hand from scientists, doctors, lawyers, writers and artists. The goal of the trip is to motivate them to attend college; to give them an understanding of the college application process; and to help them see that academic achievement in high school is the key to success in college. What They Say About Us
How you can help
To mail your donation of books or monetary donation please send to: Reader To Reader, Inc. c/o Cadigan Center 38 Woodside Avenue Amherst, MA 01002 413-256-8595 Contact Person: David Mazor, Executive Director email: dmazor@readertoreader.org Contributions are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Support for Reader To Reader comes from donors across the United States and:
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© 2008 Reader To Reader, Inc.