READ Pinellas\u2019s goal is to reach everyone in our community, but we need your help to get there. By investing in our work and learning, you can help build a community in which everyone receives the education they need to reach their full potential. Now, please help us and our partner organizations make it a reality.<\/p>\n
Everyone is born with the potential to succeed, but over 80,000 adults in Pinellas County are functionally illiterate.<\/p>\n
But it doesn\u2019t have to be this way. As a member, you can make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged adults by helping them gain the literacy skills and the self-sufficiency that will enable them to fully participate in our local and\u00a0 <\/span>global economy.<\/p>\n One of READ Pinellas\u2019s goals is to work in cooperation with individuals and local groups to help put everyone on a path to success. So, when you become a member, you make a direct impact on the life of a child, a mother, a grandfather, the entire Pinellas County community.<\/p>\n We believe that literacy is not\u00a0a gift given just to certain individuals; it is a foundational human right that brings hope, economic ability, gender equity and a pathway out of poverty that everyone is entitled to.<\/p>\nGift of Hope<\/h3>\n