Invest in America – Invest in Literacy is the Words That Cook campaign to encourage and enable businesses, organizations and individuals to help reverse the nationwide decline of literacy at a company, community, state and national level.

If you represent a nonprofit organization that promotes literacy and/or education, we invite you to join the campaign by submitting a Literacy Resource Partnership Beneficiary Application, which includes creating your personalized Words That Cook resources Wish List for potential donor partners to fulfill.

If you represent a business or organization, or are an interested individual, we invite you to explore your options for joining the campaign:

• Host a presentation to learn more about the nationwide decline of literacy and its direct impact on business economics.
• Become a Literacy Resource Partnership Donor to provide qualified nonprofit agencies with the Words That Cook resources and services they wish to obtain to better serve their communities.
• Launch an Employee Family Enrichment Program to enable your own employees to empower themselves and their children.
• Establish an Outreach Training Program to kick off or enhance your company’s participation in a volunteer reader community service program.
• Sponsor the TV Series Words that Cook! Parenting with children’s books™ on a local station or Donate DVDs to a library, school or parent resource center.
• Customize a Library Literacy Action Plan for your community.

We encourage you to read the U.S. News & World Report article, Can America Keep Up? – Why so many smart folks fear that the United States is falling behind in the race for global economic leadership.

You might ask, “Why should we invest in literacy through Words That Cook?” The International Reading Association – the world’s leading literacy organization with over 300,000 professionals in 100 countries – endorses and/or co-distributes Words That Cook resources. You can’t ask for a better “seal of approval” when it comes to promoting and enhancing literacy. To get a better sense of the value of our resources, please visit the Awards, Quotes & Testimonials page.

Partners in the Invest in America – Invest in Literacy campaign work together towards a brighter, more literate and more prosperous future for all families, benefiting American businesses and workers of today and tomorrow.

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