2024-05-02T10:12:24-04:00 2023-12-31 261428414 Jackie Breland Consulting PA 2711 Middleburg Dr Ste 313C Columbia SC 29204 990EZ 2023-01-01 571110639 Reading is Power International Inc READ 519 Capitol Place Columbia SC 29205 Mike Leonard President 8037998267 2024-04-27 false Mike Leonard XXX-XX-XXXX true Jackie F Breland CPA P00970860 8034291705 2024-05-02 2 00 AAL2 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X www.readingispower.com X X 18923 X 18923 18923 880 17310 18190 733 42225 42958 42225 42958 0 0 0 0 42225 42958 0 0 42225 42958 X Provide small libraries to communities Throughout 2023, Reading Is Power International continued its collaboration with Richland Library, Bilingualism Matters at University of South Carolina, and Libros for Learning for 17260 17260 Mike Leonard President 5.00 0 0 0 Joe N Connell Vice President 1.00 0 0 0 Jackie Breland Treasurer 2.00 0 0 0 Wesley Few Board Member 1.00 0 0 0 O Alicia Myhrer Board Member 1.00 0 0 0 Helen Schell Board Member 1.00 0 0 0 Esmeralda Rodriguez Board Member 1.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false SC Jackie Breland 2711 Middleburg Dr Ste 313C Columbia SC 29204 8034291705 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 14524 1696 2739 11379 18923 49261 14524 1696 2739 11379 18923 49261 11295 37966 49261 0.77070 0.81920 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Description of other expenses Part I line 16 Description AmountBooks 16,020Bookcase supplies 533Cataloging supplies 298Program gift certificates 30Program food and beverages 139Internet hotspot 240Corporate filing fees 50 Part III response or note to any other line in Part III Part III - Primary Exempt Purpose (contd) - in need. Part III, Line 28 - Program Service Accomplishments (contd) - Learning for a program called libraries for Families. Together we created 112 small home libraries (2,240 books) of bilingual developmental, read-aloud, and picture books for preschool children in the homes of local Spanish-speaking families in the Columbia, South Carolina, and Waxhaw, NC, communities. The goal of this project is to improve the school readiness of Spanish speaking children ages 3 to 5 while instilling in them a love for reading and books.Bilingual books have been chosen so that non-English speaking parents and their English-speaking school-age children are both able to read aloud to the preschool children in the home. This serves to improve their language skills while strengthening the emotional bonds between the family members.Families that received the libraries were identified through a variety of sources, including Adult ESL programs, preschool children support programs, corporations with a largely Spanish-speaking workforce, and local library branches.In 2023, we continued to work providing bilingual preschool home libraries to our existing partners at the South Carolina Department of Education, Lexington School District Two Adult Education, the STAR Family Partnership, Lutheran Services Carolinas, and Walter Bickett Education Center. We also established new partnerships with Lexington County School District One Adult Education, the Lexington County Public Library, Enlaces Family Education, Saxe Gotha Elementary School, and Lexington School District Four Pre-School Education.In October 2023, Reading is Power International collaborated with students and teachers at R. H. Fulmer Middle School in West Columbia, South Carolina, to create 10 community libraries of 200 Spanish childrens books each for rural community schools outside of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The libraries were delivered to the schools during the last week of October 2023.