What We Do

Ready Readers is a partnership between United Way of Kershaw County, Kershaw County School District, and AmeriCorps of South Carolina. The focus is developing a love of literacy for our elementary school students who are struggling to read. We know literacy lifts lives out of poverty, and by reading to children early and often, we can better prepare them for success.

Two ways to serve are to volunteer to be a reader for one hour per week, or for those 17 and older, join AmeriCorps of South Carolina.

Ready Readers has served more than 300 elementary students, in 9 schools, placing 1,000s of books in the hands of students. Volunteers
Our community and our United Way are blessed to have so many dedicated volunteers. Volunteers are a vital component in the work that goes on here. Without them, we could never see the impact our partner agencies and our own initiatives make in this community every day.