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HONORABLE MENTIONS – 2016 Freedom Through Literacy Award

Ms. Heidi AbiNader, “Sharpsville Middle School Reads” Sharpsville, PA Heidi Abi Nader could be described as one of those teachers who goes above and beyond for her students, and nowhere is this more apparent than her project Sharpsville Middle School Reads.  When the idea of bringing author Elio Schrefer floated around the halls of Sharpsville…

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Kelly Stoops and her program “Book Blast”

On Wednesday May 4th we gathered together to celebrate Judith’s Reading Room 2016 Freedom Through Literacy Awards Winners. We would like to the share this wonderfully produced video shown at the 2016 Freedom Through Literacy Award dinner in honor of Kelly Stoop’s GRAND PRIZE Award initiative “Book Blast”. More information on Kelly Stoops, “Book Blast”…

Children are captivated by books about familiar items—such as A Circle Unbroken, about traditional basket weaving.

Judith’s Reading Room Opens Library in Rwanda

Hand-Picked Books Serve Rwanda Subsistence Farming Families Judith’s Reading Room, a nonprofit literacy organization established in 2010, announced the opening of its 94th library around the world in its 17th country — Rwanda. The library was made possible by a collaboration with the organization’s 2015 Freedom Through Literacy Award Runner-Up, Janet Brown, a resident of…

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$10,000 Freedom Through Literacy Award Deadline Nears

NEWS RELEASE CONTACT: Cathy Leiber 484-661-6151 $10,000 Freedom Through Literacy Award Deadline Nears Judith’s Reading Room Seeks Champions of Literacy December 21, 2015 — Bethlehem, Pa. The 2016 Freedom Through Literacy Award deadline — January 26 — is one month away and the $10,000 cash prizes are up for grabs, according to Cathy Leiber, President…

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The 65th, the final, Boxing Party

Judith’s Reading Room celebrated its 65th month of boxing books for active duty troops and veterans at its final Boxing Party on Monday, November 2, 2015.   Thirty-four community volunteers ranging in age from 3 to 70 gathered at the organization’s southside Bethlehem headquarters. Packing 965 mostly new novels worth $10,608, the volunteers smashed previous…

Celebrating International Literacy Day

Celebrating International Literacy Day

Judith’s Reading Room Celebrates International Literacy Day 92nd Library to Open in the Kyrgyz Republic; 93rd in Lahore, Pakistan Bethlehem, Pa. – September 8, 2015. Judith’s Reading Room will celebrate today’s International Literacy Day by packing children’s books at its 63rd Boxing Party, at 5 E. 3rd Street, Bethlehem from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Citizens…

Freedom Through Literacy Award
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2nd Annual Freedom Through Literacy Award

$10,000 To Be Awarded to Individual Champions of Literacy   Judith’s Reading Room announced today that applications for its 2nd Annual Freedom Through Literacy Awards are available. To apply, applicants should visit: WWW.JUDITHSREADINGROOM.ORG/FREEDOM-THROUGH-LITERACY-AWARD.  Deadline for submissions is January 26, 2016. Winners will be publicly announced at the Colonial Association of Reading Educators (C.A.R.E’s) Celebrate Literacy…

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Cracking Open the Universe

The documentary, “Cracking Open the Universe,” you are about to view, is emblematic of the mission of Judith’s Reading Room, the Producer of this film. This film, as the embodiment of that mission, “Freedom Through Literacy,” demonstrates the sociological impact of literacy to promote peaceful human interaction. The vehicle employed to facilitate that peaceful human…