Support the students
During the summer, Read to Succeed - an innovative Rhode Island summer literacy and college scholarship program - enables low-income Providence students at five partner schools to maintain their learning momentum. We use the powerful incentive of a $1,000 college scholarship award each year, for up to six years. The program focuses on providing essential support to children from disadvantaged backgrounds, empowering them to pursue higher education and achieve their full potential.
Our Goals
Reduce
Promote
Provide
Inspire
Reduce or eliminate the summer learning loss by reading over summer.
Promote recreational reading as a source of relaxation, learning, and fun.
Provide free books to students and their families to keep and share.
Change youth’s life goals
to include college enrollment
through scholarships.
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During the summer,
Read to Succeed enables low-income Providence students to maintain their learning momentum. The powerful incentive is a $1,000 college scholarship award each year, for up to six years.
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Read to Succeed purchases books and delivers the books in a Read to Succeed bag, before summer vacation with volunteer support from Cox Communications.
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After reading each book, students take an online comprehension test through the Accelerated Reader Program.
Completion Award
Students who pass all six tests will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship in a Read to Succeed - sponsored Rhode Island CollegeBound Saver account, the state’s 529 college savings program.
How it Works
Partner Schools
Making A Difference
Achievement Gap
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Over 1,000
students have completed
Read to Succeed.
Scholarships
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Read to Succeed has awarded
$3.1 million in scholarships.
Summer
Learning Loss
Kids can lose up to 28% of their reading skills over summer. Read to Succeed stops this slide by keeping kids reading and learning.
Enrollment
​​ Expecting
620 students enrolled in 2025.
Distribution
​Read to Succeed has distributed 28,566 books to partner schools.