NH Reads

New Hampshire Reads AmeriCorps Program is a statewide service program that promotes reading with young children (birth through third grade) and families.

AmeriCorps members bring fun reading, writing and arts activities to locations like Early Head Start, Head Start, child care sites, WIC clinics, before/lunchtime/after-school programs, parent-child programs, shelters and libraries.

Divine B., NH Reads AmeriCorps Member 2004 - 2006
"A Lot of things have changed in my life during the past three years of living here in the (US) especially in the last two years (since) I've been with AmeriCorps. I believe that being an AmeriCorps member has influenced the changes I made in my life. It gave me experiences that nurtured me as an individual and enabled me to work with a diversity of people."

2006 - 2007 Job Opportunities

Members organize book drives, literacy festivals, parent workshops, and special projects that address the literacy needs within the service community.

A special NH Reads project in Belknap and Merrimack Counties is Road Readers, a traveling literacy van that provides outreach to families in neighborhoods and other community settings.

For information contact Peg Downing at mailto:pdowning@bm-cap.org

Send mail to with questions or comments about this web site to: dpoisson@BM-CAP.org. Your request will be forwarded to the proper program and a response will be forthcoming.

Send mail to with questions or comments about this web site to: dpoisson@BM-CAP.org. Your request will be forwarded to the proper program and a response will be forthcoming.

Last modified: February 05, 2008