The Funder Collaborative for Reading Success announced this past Tuesday that they raised almost half a million dollars for nine early literacy and reading programs in the Springfield area. One of those programs is Raising A Reader MA, which is run by Massachusetts Literacy Champion Donna DiFillippo. Children in her program were in attendance during the announcement at the Liberty Branch Library in Springfield, and they participated in a story hour led by Springfield Public Library’s Manager of Public Services and Literacy Champion Jean Canosa-Albano. – See more at: http://www.massliteracy.org/news/#sthash.O3uUTFX6.dpuf

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