The Mississippi Humanities Council has been awarded over $6,000 from the Mississippi Arts Commission and the Community Foundation for Mississippi to support the MHC’s Family Reading Project. The MHC received $2,300 from the Community Foundation for Mississippi and $4,000 from the Mississippi Arts Commission.
“We are thrilled to receive these grant funds from MAC and CFM. Both organizations have been such strong supporters of our Family Reading Project in the past, and we are excited to see the impact that this money can have on communities around the state,” said Caroline Gillespie, MHC program officer.
The MHC’s Family Reading Project is comprised of English and English-Spanish family-based reading programs for adults and their lower-elementary aged children. The programs model reading skills and discussion techniques that stimulate interest in the books’ content—helping foster a lifelong love of learning through reading. Each program meets once a week for six weeks and features well-known children’s books. A storyteller helps bring the books to life while a discussion leader engages the families in humanities-based discussion on the themes of the books. The programs are free for sites to host, and each program can accommodate up to 25 families.
The Mississippi Arts Commission is a state agency that serves the residents of Mississippi by providing grants that support arts-based programs to enhance communities. The Community Foundation for Mississippi, formerly the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson, is a nonprofit community corporation created to serve central and southwestern Mississippi.
