CHILDRENS LITERACY FOUNDATION
EIN 02-0498154 · Remedial Reading & Encouragement (B92)
What they do
CLIFS MISSION is to NURTURE A LOVE of READING and WRITING AMONG UNDER RESOURCED CHILDREN UP to AGE 12 THROUGHOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE and VERMONT. SINCE 1998 CLIFS INSPIRING LITERACY PROGRAMS and OUR 60+ PROFESSIONAL PRESENTERS (AUTHORS, ILLUSTRATORS, POETS, and STORYTELLERS) HAVE SERVED MORE THAN 350,000 CHILDREN IN 430 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE TWIN STATES, and CLIF HAS DONATED MORE THAN 10 MILLION IN NEW BOOKS to THOSE CHILDREN WHO NEED THEM THE MOST: CHILDREN IN SHELTERS and LOW-INCOME HOUSING; REFUGEE and FOSTER CHILDREN; CHILDREN IN RURAL COMMUNITIES WITH LIMITED RESOURCES; CHILDREN of PRISON INMATES; and MANY OTHERS.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1998
- Location
- 3579 WATERBURY STOWE RD, WATERBURY CTR, VT 05677-8127
- County
- Washington
- In care of
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