Our History

Read to Succeed was established in the Summer of 2003. Paul Vaughan, Managing Director of the Jennings and Rebecca Jones Foundation, met with professionals who were involved in literacy programs in Murfreesboro. He offered the Foundation’s resources as support to a new community literacy initiative and this group of dedicated educators, social workers, agency directors, community helpers, and volunteers became the Read To Succeed Council. This community partnership was created to promote reading in Rutherford County, with an emphasis on family literacy. Read to Succeed creates Reading in the Schools Day, Read To Bee, Imagination Station, Family Literacy Nights, AdLit Book Clubs, UNPLUG and Read!, One Book, ESL/ELL classes, and a one-on-one tutoring program for adults.