Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

SCGLR is a four-county effort in Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota counties to help children from birth through 3rd grade, especially those from asset-limited families, succeed in life by ensuring they read on grade level.

Kindergarten Readiness Bags
The Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading created Kindergarten Readiness Bags to provide learning support for incoming kindergarteners in the months before school begins so that children can start school ready to learn. The generous support of The Patterson Foundation, Rotary Clubs, Charlotte Community Foundation, and the School District of DeSoto County allowed for all incoming kindergarteners in Charlotte, DeSoto, and Sarasota counties and Title 1 students in Manatee County to receive Kindergarten Readiness Bags.

Kindergarten Readiness Bags will be distributed at Kindergarten Round-up events (TBA) in Charlotte, DeSoto, and Sarasota counties and at Title 1 schools in Manatee County. Students who do not attend Kindergarten Readiness events will receive their bags at the time of Kindergarten registration.