Summer Reading

The library’s Summer Reading program is one of the great success stories for the difference private funding makes. In 1997, when The Library Foundation began providing private support to Summer Reading, less than 5,300 children participated. In 2011, 98,000 babies, kids and teens participated and even more are expected to participate this summer! Summer Reading turns 100 in 2012 and is Oregon’s largest reading program for children. It is also one of the busiest in the nation.  

You can make an in-kind gift to Summer Reading by filling out our community partnership form. Thank you to our 2011 sponsors who have helped kids succeed in school—and in life:

Made possible by The Library Foundation, a local nonprofit dedicated to our library's leadership, innovation and reach through private support.

Summer Reading 2011 would not have been possible without the generous support of our community partners who donated thousands of prizes.

                     

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill, Baker and Spice Bakery, The Bike Gallery, Dutch Bros. Coffee, Family Fun Center & Bullwinkle's Restaurant, Finnegan's Toys & Gifts, Food Front Cooperative Grocery, Great Wolf Lodge, Gresham Skate World, Hollywood Bowl, HOTLIPS, Jantzen Beach SuperCenter, Laserport, Lloyd Center Ice Chalet, Mio Gelato, Miracle Theatre Group, Mt. Hood Aquatic Center, Mt. Hood Lanes, My Masterpiece Art Studio, Northwest Children's Theater and School, OMSI, Oregon Coast Aquarium, Oregon Zoo, Papa's Pizza Parlor, PlayDate PDX, Portland Children's Museum, Portland Little Smiles, Saint Cupcake, Staccato Gelato