Read to a Child
Donna Sennott currently serves as the Interim Manager and Program Coordinator at Read to a Child, where responsibilities include coordinating volunteer readers and ensuring positive experiences for students. In August 2023, Donna took on the role of Board Treasurer for Simsbury Community Media, managing investments, budgeting, and financial reporting. Additionally, Donna has served as a Property Manager for OBL, LLC, and as a Board Member for the Valley YMCA, contributing to community service initiatives. Previously, Donna was a Stay-at-Home Parent while actively involved in community organizations, and held various leadership roles, including President of the Theatre Guild Of Simsbury Ltd. Donna's professional background includes positions at the Association of Independent Schools in New England, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and PwC. Donna holds a Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Hartford and a Bachelor's of Science in Accounting from the University of Connecticut School of Business.
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Read to a Child
Read to a Child is a national mentoring and literacy nonprofit founded on the belief that every child deserves to be read to regularly by a caring adult. When adults read aloud to children, both parties enjoy a rewarding experience that greatly increases the child’s literacy skills and opportunity for success in the future. It’s a simple activity with a huge impact. Research proves that reading aloud to children is the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading and, thus, likelihood for success in school and life. Read to a Child currently partners with more than 100 corporations and institutions nationwide that provide 1,500 volunteers who read aloud to more than 1,100 at-risk students in greater Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles and Miami, as well as urban centers in Connecticut. Astoundingly, 80% of 4th graders from low-income families in the United States are not proficient in reading and 26% will not graduate from high school. To combat this literacy crisis, Read to a Child enlists volunteer reading mentors to visit urban elementary schools once a week and read aloud one-on-one to children during lunch. This time spent with a caring adult ignites a love of reading in struggling children, while providing students with the skills and confidence to reverse the cycle of illiteracy.