MHC Receives CFNM Grant Funds for Family Reading Project

The Mississippi Humanities Council has been awarded $2,000 from the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi to support the MHC’s Family Reading Project. The funds will go towards the Luciérnagas family reading program taking place this fall at the M.R. Dye Public Library in Horn Lake.

“We are thrilled to receive these grant funds from CFNM. The Horn Lake program is one of our most successful and impactful, so the funds to support this will be extremely beneficial to the community,” 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 to seven 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 Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi is an independent not-for-profit organization founded in 2002 that serves eleven Northwest Mississippi counties. CFNM impacts the communities of Northwest Mississippi by connecting people who care with causes that matter.