Helping during
hard times
Our Back to School campaign was a huge success! We had hoped to raise $20,000 to get books to kids early this Fall and we raised almost $23,000! It showed us that people want to help when the need is made known.
We have been distributing books and special canvas bags that kids can use to store their books in at home for the last two weeks and the kids are thrilled! We partner with fourteen Head Start centers in rural Maine giving out Barclay's Book Bags four times a year to 425 kids.
We wish the money we raised through your Back to School campaign donations would last us all school year, but it won't. We'll be back to raise a big chunk of our yearly budget on Giving Tuesday. If you have already given, we thank you. If you haven't yet, we hope you will consider doing so when the call comes. And to all of you, we want to say how much we value your support during what is proving to be a challenging year for the families we are here to help. It gives us hope.
We believe a child's chance for success should grow with them
Team Long Run develops and delivers programs that support a child’s progress by linking learning, early literacy, and active play. We work exclusively in communities with schools and families that are often facing long odds, partnering with some of the most dynamic agencies and philanthropies that share our commitment to helping these kids rewrite their futures.
By fourth grade only 1 in 5 kids in poverty are reading at grade level
We knew we had to do something. Research shows that books in the home are a reliable predictor of a child’s academic success.
Learn about our early literacy programs ➜
Active play helps kids get ready to learn
We saw the positive impact active play had in the classroom, and created simple programs to help teachers bring movement back into the school day.
Learn about our active play programs ➜
Our work with the youngest kids in our programming is exclusively done through Head Start centers here in Maine. Head Start programs promote the school readiness of infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children from low-income families.
Head Start programs also engage parents or other key family members in positive relationships, with a focus on family wellbeing. Parents participate in leadership roles, including having a say in program operations.
Title 1 (schools where more than half of the students live below the Federal Poverty Level) is one of the federal funding streams that supplements how much money each state allocates for schools.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, Title 1 was created “to ensure economically disadvantaged children receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, by helping to close academic achievement gaps.”
Helping the next generation of Mainers
We believe that all our programs work together to provide solid building blocks supporting future academic success. None of which would be possible without your support.
