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Media Contact: Ana Batista                                              
Phone: 414-999-2510
Email: abatista@nextdoormke.org

The month-long event promotes the importance of early childhood literacy in Milwaukee with volunteer reading opportunities for community members and special guest readers including Mayor Cavalier Johnson and MFD Fire Chief Aaron Lipski.

Next Door – a leading provider of early childhood education in Milwaukee for more than 1,000 children each year – will host Read for Children throughout the month of May, offering the community a chance to engage in powerful and joyful reading experiences with our little learners!

Growing early literacy skills is a cornerstone of Next Door’s work in early childhood education. It represents a critical part of the strong educational foundation that Next Door helps each child build for success in school – and in life.

Our Read for Children event – now in its third year – is one of the many ways that Next Door supports early literacy development for children. Volunteers can sign up as individuals or in groups to read with children for two-hour sessions at one of Next Door’s two campuses and help Next Door reach its goal of 100,000 minutes of reading over the month of May.

EVENT DETAILS

• Programming from 9am to 11am, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
• Reading locations at Next Door’s 29^th Street campus (2545 N. 29^th Street) or Capitol Drive campus (5310 W. Capitol Drive).
• Opportunities to read with infants, toddlers, K3 and K4 children in our libraries or classrooms, either one-on-one or in small groups.
• Come with friends and family or groups from corporations, schools, congregations, service clubs or other organizations.
• Bring donations of new or gently-used children’s books for Next Door children.
• Event registration link: NextDoorMKE.org/ReadForChildren

OUR LINE-UP OF SPECIAL GUEST READERS

• Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson on May 5 at 10 am at our 29^th Street campus
• Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski on May 9 at 10 am at our 29^th Street campus

ABOUT NEXT DOOR

Next Door has served the Milwaukee community since 1969. We provide critical access to

research-driven, family-focused early childhood education for more than 1,000 under-resourced children each year. Our programming spans two campuses, Wisconsin’s largest home-based program and 10 partnership sites across Milwaukee. Learn more about how Next Door creates a strong start to life for children at www.NextDoorMKE.org.

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May 27, 2025

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Capitol Drive). </li> <li>Opportunities to read with infants, toddlers, K3 and K4 children in our libraries or classrooms, either one-on-one or in small groups.</li> <li>Come with friends and family or groups from corporations, schools, congregations, service clubs or other organizations.</li> <li>Bring donations of new or gently-used children’s books for Next Door children.</li> <li>Event registration link: <a href="http://www.NextDoorMKE.org/ReadForChildren"><strong>NextDoorMKE.org/ReadForChildren</strong></a></li> </ul> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong><u>OUR LINE-UP OF SPECIAL GUEST READERS</u></strong></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson on May 5 at 10 am at our 29^th Street campus</li> <li>Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski on May 9 at 10 am at our 29^th Street campus</li> </ul> <p><strong><u>ABOUT NEXT DOOR</u></strong></p> <p>Next Door has served the Milwaukee community since 1969. 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