Listening to the community is critical to accomplishing our mission at United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra (UWNNS). We pride ourselves on being led by the community every step of the way as we work toward solving our community’s most pressing issues. In 2014, we launched our Community Listening Tour where the community expressed that education, specifically early literacy, was one of the more significant issues facing northern Nevada. UWNNS checked back in with the community in the 2019 Community Listening Tour and found that education was still a significant concern for our community, and an overwhelming majority of respondents felt that our organization should continue to focus on early childhood learning.
Why is Early Learning & Literacy important?
United Readers
Trained AmeriCorps members provide in-school mentoring and family workshops to improve foundational literacy skills.
Nevada Ready! State Pre-K
We partner with early education centers in northern Nevada to provide high quality early education at low or no cost to parents.
Summer Reading
We bring books, activities, and fun to our youngest learners to keep children engaged and created positive experiences around reading during the summer months.