A Celebration of Reading in the Tri-County Community

Trident United Way's Read Across America Day is an annual celebration of reading with students in the Tri-County community!

Volunteers are invited to visit participating classrooms at Title I elementary schools to read a book (or two) to students in grades CD-3rd. Reading aloud to students can help develop literacy skills, leading students down a path towards a successful future.

Trident United Way's 8th Annual Read Across America Day

A woman is reading a book to a classroom. She is holding the book facing the students so they can see the pictures and is looking at the students.

Thank you to everyone who made Read Across America Day a success!

On Friday, March 7, 2025, 68 volunteers shared the joy of reading with over 120 classrooms across 15 schools in the Tri-County area. That’s nearly 60 hours of reading to around 3,000 students—all in just ONE day!

Thank you for making a difference in the lives of so many young readers!

View photos from the day!

Thank you to our Sponsors!

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For any questions please reach out to Katherine at KTorbush@tuw.org.

Trident United Way's 7th Annual Read Across America Day

65 volunteers read to 106 classrooms at 13 Tri-County elementary schools on Friday, March 1, 2024, for Trident United Way's 7th Annual Read Across America Day.

A huge THANK YOU to all the volunteers for reading to local students!

View photos from 2024 Read Across America Day!

Trident United Way's 6th Annual Read Across America Day

An older woman sits in a rocking chair, she has on a straw beach hat, blue glasses and floral dress. She is holding up a book cover and showing it to a classroom full of students between the ages of 6-8.

The 6th Annual Read Across America Day took place on Thursday, March 2nd, 2023. 35 volunteers visited 67 classrooms in 8 elementary schools to read a book (or two) to more than 1,200 students.

Thank you for sharing your love of reading with children in our Tri-County community!

Trident United Way's 5th Annual Read Across America Day

On Wednesday, March 2, 2022, Trident United Way celebrated its 5th Annual Read Across America Day! 42 volunteers read to 900 students in 50 classrooms at 8 elementary schools throughout the Tri-County community, both in-person and virtually! Thank you to all of our incredible volunteers for sharing your love of reading with local students!

A volunteer wearing a bright yellow dress and green cardigan reads a book to a classroom. She is holding the book for the students to see the illustrations, and one student is looking closely at the illustrations A woman wearing a sparkly crown and a sash that says Miss Charleston Southern is virtually reading to students through a laptop. She holds up the book so the illustrations are visible on the camera, and is looking sideways at the book A volunteer reads to a classroom. The students sit quiet as the volunteer is sharing the illustrations from the book

View the photo album!

Email volunteer@tuw.org to learn more about Trident United Way Read Across America Day!