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MISSOURI

MISSOURI HUMANITIES COUNCIL
America Reads Contact: Trish Yoakum
911 Washington Ave., Suite 215
St. Louis, MO
E-mail: mohuman@stlnet.com   Internet Address: http://www.umsl.edu/~mohuman/
Telephone: 314-621-7705 Fax: 314-621-5850

Particiption: The Missouri Humanities Council is a not-for-profit organization which develops, implements, and funds programs involving lifelong learning. MHC sponsors book discussion groups in local libraries, coordinates a summer Chautauqua program in partnership with the Illinois Humanities Council, provides speakers to not-for-profit organizations, and provides family reading programs state-wide. The family reading initiative, READ from the START, is funded by MHC and private sponsors. The program is provided to parents, grandparents and caregivers throughout Missouri. Each participant receives a set of high-quality children's books to start a home library and engages in discussion of books and the importance of reading to children. Reading aloud is practiced during the session and parents share information with each other to promote successful read-aloud experiences with children from birth to five.

ST. VINCENT'S, OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH
America Reads Contact: Cherri Jestmore
3039 Troost
Kansas City, Missouri
E-mail: KCSTVSA@AOL.COM
Telephone: 816-756-3511 Extension 130 Fax: 816-756-1713

Participation: St. Vincent's serves approximately 250 children between the ages of 6 weeks and 5 years in day care in addition to 100 children ages 6 to 12 in before and after school care. It is the largest day care in the state of Missouri. The center's mission is to help children living in poverty develop to their fullest potential by providing them a safe, loving and educational environment.

Tutoring: St. Vincent's has 60 volunteers. The population of volunteers who are tutoring is a diverse group including FWS students, college students, retired individuals and business men and women.

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