Become a Volunteer

Read to Grow volunteers provide an invaluable service to our organization, and to families throughout the state. Some of our volunteers work in our Branford office; others work in our hospital-based programs, visiting with families on maternity units to encourage them to read to their babies. This year, about 100 individuals donated their time and talents to our programs, collectively donating more than 11,000 hours of volunteer service.

If you are interested in working with us to promote early literacy, there are various ways you can help give children a good start in life and set them on the road to literacy.

• Become a Books for Babies Volunteer

Volunteers visit with families of newborns at our participating hospitals in Bridgeport, New Haven, New London, Manchester and Hartford to discuss the importance of reading to babies from birth. Training is provided by the hospital volunteer department and Read to Grow’s Books for Babies coordinator.

• Work in our Branford Office

Assemble hospital literacy packets for families in the Read to Grow office

Label and sort books 

Assist with mailings, copying and filing

Enter data to support our programs

Help out with our various fundraising events

If you are interested in talking to us about volunteering with Read to Grow, please call us at 203-488-6800, email us at readtogrow@readtogrow.org, or click here to complete a Volunteer Application.

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