Awards

2011

Volunteer Ready Reader Jenny Tustin Wins “Youth in Need” Service Award 

(Nov. 2011) Volunteer reader, Jenny Tustin, was awarded the Frank and Charlene Martinez Head Start/Early Head Start Volunteer Award of the Year for her hard work, dedication, and enthusiasm as a Ready Reader volunteer at a Youth-in-Need early childhood center.

Ready Readers Receives Community Service Award from the United Way of Greater St. Louis

(Oct. 2011) At United Way’s Launch Party for their new initiative, The Education Express, Ready Readers was given the United Way’s Community Service Award, presented by the City of St. Louis.

2010

Recertified as a United Way Volunteer Center Volunteer Program 2010-2013 (November, 2010)

Became a finalist for PNC’s “Dollars Making a Difference” contest.  (May 2010)

Nominated for BBB’s Torch Award.  (July 2010)

2009   

Awarded “Volunteer Organization of the Year” by the St. Louis Public Schools (June 2009)

Ready Reader volunteer, Cornell Bond, won the St. Louis Rams’ Finalist Volunteer Quarterback of the Year award (September 2009)

Winner of Integrity’s internet contest for a free website (December 2009)

Became a Social Venture Partner with the Regional Business Council (December 2009)

2008

Ladue News Charity of the Year finalist 

KMOX Charity Partner of the Month     

Support provided by the United Way Community Investment Initiative (2008, 2009, 2010)

2007   

Vision for Children at Risk Children’s Champion Award

YWCA Outstanding Volunteer Program Award

Certified by the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance    

2006

Grace Hill Outstanding Volunteer Program Award (unsolicited)

2003

Youth In Need Outstanding Volunteer Program

United Way Volunteer Program Certification 2003

St. Louis Post-Dispatch” Community Matters”

Approved Charity for National Charity League

2001

FOCUS St. Louis Award for Providing Quality Educational Opportunities