Reading Tents
One of the funding recipients of the 2022 event was United for Literacy, which used the donation to offer an eight-week Reading Tent program this past July and August in Moncton. Four Reading Tent Coordinators provided storytelling, reading, and other activities to help children have fun while learning.
Reading Tents were set up in five priority neighborhoods where families may be unable to find free, accessible, culturally relevant support. Many Reading Tent participants self-identify as newcomers, living with low income, having special needs, or as members of an historically excluded group. Reading Tents offered a welcoming space to learn and read for 345 children and parents and provided take home books to participants.