Read To Succeed: A Nonprofit Organization

Who We Are

Read To Succeed was established in the summer of 2003.

Paul Vaughan, Managing Director of the Jennings and Rebecca Jones Foundation, met with professionals who were involved in literacy programs in Murfreesboro. He offered the Foundation’s resources as support to a new community literacy initiative and this group of dedicated educators, social workers, agency directors, community helpers, and volunteers became the Read To Succeed Council.

This community partnership was created to promote reading in Rutherford County, with an emphasis on family literacy. Read to Succeed creates Reading in the Schools Day, Read To Bee, Imagination Station, Family Literacy Nights, AdLit Book Clubs, UNPLUG and Read!, One Book, ESL/ELL classes, and a one-on-one tutoring program for adults.

Our Mission

Read To Succeed improves lives in Rutherford County by offering free literacy programs and events for adults and children. We support this mission by:

fostering literacy partnerships between providers, educators, community helpers, business owners,
creating community events and programming to promote literacy, and
providing resources such as the Literacy Center and this website.

It is our policy to comply with all aspects of an affirmative action plan, such as utilizing minority and women-owned businesses whenever possible, providing open access to records, and being an Equal Opportunity Employer. Read To Succeed is funded by donations from individuals, businesses, and grants.