Judith's Reading Room is a 501(c)3 organization founded in 2010 to enrich lives and societies by proactively encouraging freedom through literacy.

Freedom Through Literacy Awards!

The Freedom Through Literacy Award was established by Judith’s Reading Room in 2015 to identify and honor individual champions of literacy from all disciplines around the world — teachers, librarians, authors, researchers, educators — anyone who has done exemplary work to instill in others a love of reading. Learn how to apply and more!

2023 Freedom Through Literacy Awards Winners

Judith’s Reading Room, a global nonprofit literacy organization founded in 2010 in the memory of Judith F. Krug, a distinguished librarian, is pleased to announce the winners of its 9th annual “Freedom Through Literacy Award.” The judges declared eight (8) champions of literacy with a combined financial award of $5,000. Learn More»

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Judith's Reading Room has libraries in 23 countries around the world, with more on the way! Read more »

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Judith’s Reading Room, a global nonprofit literacy organization founded in 2010 in the memory of Judith F. Krug, a distinguished librarian, is pleased to announce the winners of its 9th annual “Freedom Through Literacy Award.”
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Books donated today, May 9, 2023 to Harkins House, Hillsboro, OR, a suburb of Portland. Feedback from Martha Villegas shown with JRR logo sign: Reading gives youth in the juvenile Justice system coping skills, a first-time chance to sit and enjoy a hobby, a feeling of accomplishment because before, all the kids who liked reading were the 'smart kids.'
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August 15, 2023 — Judith’s Reading Room, a global nonprofit literacy organization based in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, celebrated the winner of its 2nd Annual Literacy Chair Award — the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System — for its innovative “CCLS Road Trip” project, a summertime initiative that seeks to remind everyone that libraries have a lot to offer and encourages the public to get back into the library.
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To Date: 105 libraries, 23 countries, 132,293 books worth $1,424.879!
The “Freedom Through Literacy Award” was initiated in 2015 as the organization’s signature event. Including the 2023 winners, the organization has disbursed $53,500 in cash awards to 60 champions of literacy. Winners hail from 17 countries: Australia, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Greece, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, South Africa, the United States of America and Zimbabwe. Winners come from 11 U.S. states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia.