Literacy Programs Launch with Bookshelf Projects

“Seeing the faces of the participants and reading the feedback forms is a welcome testimony to how happy and pleased the families were who came to the event.  Having such a sweet wooden bookcase that the children could individualize was priceless. They had ownership in the decorating of the bookshelf and in filling it with [...]

Two Thousand Stories Behind

Why a Bookshelf in Every Home? One look at the connections between Literacy, Drop Out & Incarceration Rates can motivate a city to make sure every child grows up with books and can read by third grade.  Yet a friend powerfully framed another loss a child unknowingly experiences when they grow up in a home [...]

Bookshelf in Every Home Projects

Join us for one of our upcoming “Bookshelf in Every Home” Literacy projects.  We need your help at the following projects: Sunday, Sept. 26 1:30-4:30 pm THEUERKAUF Elementary 1625 San Luis Avenue, Mountain View Saturday, Oct, 2* 9:30am-12:30 pm MONTA LOMA Elementary 460 Thompson Avenue, Mountain View *This Oct. 2 Project is totally TEEN LED! [...]

Dream for College Project

Dream for College Project: Inspiring first generation to college 5th graders On May 20th, Reach Potential Movement will partner with Castro Elementary school in Mountain View, CA to inspire 50 mostly Latino fifth grade students with an up close college experience at Stanford University.  Click here if you would like to sponsor a student with [...]

Día del Niño & Día del Libro Celebration!

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon (4/25), Castro Elementary, Open Door Church (Mountain View) and Reach Potential Movement celebrated Día del Niño (Day of the Child), a holiday celebrated around the world, especially in Latin countries and a newer holiday:  Día del Libro (World Book Day). Approximately 1000 kids, youth and adults enjoyed a ”Reading Brings [...]

Help Us Go to the Final Four!

Hi friends! Reach Potential Movement has a unique opportunity!   Razoo selected us to participate in their annual March Goodness Campaign where 96 nonprofits have the platform to share their cause with the world.  We can win over $11,000 to help kids READ & DREAM!  Please consider voting for us by giving $10 to our [...]

“Bookshelf in Every Home” Project

“Bookshelf in Every Home” Project Launch! As we have listened to educators in local low income schools, the need we have heard most dramatically is literacy… especially early literacy efforts to empower parents before their children fall one to two grades behind in reading.  RPM’s response is our “Bookshelf in Every Home” Project, in which [...]