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Literations pairs highly-trained volunteer literacy coaches (aged 50+) with 1st-4th graders to deliver evidence-based, one-to-one literacy interventions.
Our students significantly improve their reading and social-emotional skills. For over 20 years, we have made a difference in young lives. From the start, our mission has always been to help young students become literacy proficient. We believe children have the most to gain from achieving literacy proficiency by fourth grade, to be confident learners, and equipped for lifelong success. Our intergenerational model, pairing caring, highly-trained older adult volunteers with young students, is key to achieving our positive outcomes. We are poised to meet the need for increased 1:1 literacy support in the Greater Boston area.
Julie can’t wait to meet the student she will be paired with this year! She’ll be coaching a young reader on their path to literacy confidence and competence. It takes volunteers like Julie, and funding from our generous donor community, to bring the Literations program to more schools and more students in the year ahead.
By making a gift to Literations today, you can help young readers in Boston Public Schools , Framingham Public Schools, and Chelsea Public Schools, plus the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, to keep reading, keep growing. https://bit.ly/4gALgEc
As a Literations Board member and Age-Friendly Director at AARP, our primary volunteer recruitment partner, Antron Watson is all in when it comes to investing in our young readers and helping them achieve lifetime success through literacy coaching.
Will you join him by making a gift to Literations in honor of the hundreds of students Literations will support this year? https://bit.ly/4gALgEc
Literations’ Framingham Program Coordinator, Faith Tendo, is excited to expand students’ horizons as we expand our high-dose literacy tutoring program into TWO NEW Framingham elementary schools this fall!
76% of Framingham Public Schools students are reading below grade level. Literations aims to change this with the help of our Literacy Coaches who provide an extra layer of one-to-one reading support to struggling young readers in grades 1 - 4.
We need YOUR help to make that happen, too. Make a gift in support of our program expansion today! https://bit.ly/4gALgEc
🏫 NEWS FLASH: Literations is expanding to two NEW schools in Framingham Public Schools this fall! We need your support to pair more volunteer Literacy Coaches, like Kit, with more young readers who are falling behind. Literacy competence isn’t just about reading, it’s the foundation for a lifetime of success.
Have you made YOUR gift to Literations’ back to school campaign yet?
🌟The impact of your gift will go twice as far thanks to a dollar-for-dollar, matching gift of up to $10,000 from one of our generous supporters. https://bit.ly/4gALgEc
📣Drop YOUR wish for Greater Boston’s young readers in the comments!!
👉You can help students have new adventures and learn about others and themselves this year! Your donation to Literations today directly fuels improved outcomes in literacy and in their lives for hundreds of students at our partner sites. https://bit.ly/4gALgEc
🌟The impact of your gift will go twice as far thanks to a dollar-for-dollar, matching gift of up to $10,000 from one of our generous supporters.
Support our students as they keep reading, keep growing this year.
📣Drop YOUR wish for Greater Boston’s young readers in the comments!!
Oh, the places they’ll go! As students return to school this month our Literations community has some big hopes and dreams for them. Our trained and supported Literacy Coaches will set hundreds of student in grades 1 - 4 on a path to success this year that starts with developing critical literacy skills and leads to a lifelong love of reading.
🛣️ Help us pave the path with a donation to Literations in honor of our young readers! YOUR gift provides the urgent literacy support students need to keep reading, keep growing. The impact of your gift will go twice as far thanks to a dollar-for-dollar, matching gift of up to $10,000 from one of our generous supporters. https://bit.ly/4gALgEc
📣 Why not drop YOUR wish for Greater Boston’s young readers in the comments while you’re here!
It’s back to school time 📚 and the Literations community has some big wishes for the hundreds of young readers - in 1st - 4th grade - that we will support in schools across the Boston Public Schools, Chelsea Public Schools and Framingham Public Schools, as well as the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston this year.
🤩 Help us make these wishes come true with a donation to Literations in honor of our young readers! YOUR gift provides the urgent literacy support students need to keep reading, keep growing for a lifetime of success. The impact of your gift will go twice as far thanks to a dollar-for-dollar, matching gift of up to $10,000 from one of our generous supporters. https://bit.ly/4gALgEc
📣 Why not drop YOUR wish for Greater Boston’s young readers in the comments while you’re here!
Attention MetroWest folks!
Framingham students are headed back to class — they've got teacher assignments, school supplies, and backpacks... now they just need YOU.
Volunteer with Literations this fall and make a positive impact on your community while having fun!! As a Literacy Coach, you'll provide one-on-one reading support to students in grades 1-4 who need it most.
NEW THIS YEAR: We're expanding to TWO new Framingham schools — more students, more need for volunteers like you.
👉 Sign up for an info session today: https://forms.monday.com/forms/bf6fdc77f949f21099d1fcd7cb4ef818?r=use1
📍 Aug 25, 10:30AM – Wayland Public Library
💻 Aug 26, 10:00AM – Virtual
💻 Sept 9, 12:00PM – Virtual
08/20/2026
Huge thank you to our friends at Citizens Private Bank for spending the day with us at Literations! 📚
Their volunteers rolled up their sleeves and assembled 300 literacy toolkits for our coaches, set up 360 student tracking folders for every one of our program sites, and organized high-frequency word flashcards for our youngest readers, all to help us start the school year strong.
Citizens Private Bank has been a proud sponsor of our annual event for years, and seeing their team show up in person to volunteer alongside us made the day even more special. Partnerships like this are what make our work possible.
Thank you for everything you do for our students, coaches, and community!
08/18/2026
One of our literacy coaches shared this reflection when we asked about their most memorable experience this year:
“My fourth-grader (with whom I worked last year as well) asked me at the end of November if I would be doing Literations sessions with him next year. When I told him that Literations only works with 1st-4th graders, he said “I wish I could reverse time”. He felt better about next year (without Literations) when he remembered that at their school, 5th graders get to work with a kindergarten buddy during ‘What I Need’ time. He’s looking forward to that.”
That's the kind of impact a coach can have, one that a student carries with them, even after Literations.
Curious what it's like to be a volunteer literacy coach with Literations? Sign up here for one of our info sessions:
https://forms.monday.com/forms/bf6fdc77f949f21099d1fcd7cb4ef818?r=use1
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