"My son now asks me, “Can I just read one more?” In the past, I struggled to get him to read and now he won’t stop. After the first tutoring session he read seven books on the way home. He reads to his Dad, he reads before bed, and he took a book to school and read to his class. The Children’s Literacy Center is responsible for this wonderful transformation. It has changed my child’s life."
        - Cynthia Gwin, parent

“The Children’s Literacy Center, through their tireless efforts, have given students a chance to become not only better readers, but more capable in everything they do. The Peak Reader is able to give students confidence while having fun. I’m thrilled to be a part of such an organization."
        - Heather Hatch, tutor

"At the beginning, my student’s behavior was tough to deal with. His father was dying of AIDS, and his mother was not doing well financially. He was a very bright kid, but he didn’t have patience for anything. I learned over the course of the summer to give him incentives to read and we built a strong bond. His behavior and his reading improved. Towards the end of the summer, he would sit and read a whole book. He went from beginning a year and a half behind grade level to above grade level in just the six week summer session!"
       - Derek Holmgren, tutor

"In looking through my student’s eyes, I recognized that I had an opportunity to help change his future through the Children’s Literacy Center’s Peak Reader program. The reading support in his family wasn’t very strong, yet he was always eager to learn. Here was this little boy who I developed an amazing friendship with. I went from," I’m going to tutor this kid” to “I can’t wait to see him today and watch the lightbulb go on.” One day I bought him a book and it turned out to be the first one he’d ever had. There are no words to describe how important literacy was to him. I helped open his eyes to the world of reading!"
        - Jan Erickson, tutor