Belk Foundation Invests in Efforts to Double 3rd Grade Reading Proficiency

Grant to Library Foundation dramatically expands Active Reading training initiativeCHARLOTTE, NC: A grant of $100,000 from The Belk Foundation to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation will dramatically expand the Library’s efforts to address the challenge of third grade reading proficiency through Active Reading training. “Active reading means reading with children, rather than just reading aloud to children,” says Johanna Anderson, Executive Director of The Belk Foundation. “Research has proven that Active Reading builds vocabulary and comprehension, core components to literacy.