Banner Art Contest

Due NO LATER THAN May 1, 2024

Read to Me! Any Time! Any Place! Banner

Artwork by Katrina Morse

Turn in to your school’s office or neighborhood CCLD branch

All Chemung Valley area school children (ages 5 to 18) are invited to create and submit ORIGINAL artwork depicting "Read to Me! Any Time! Any Place!

Artwork must be 2 dimensional, no smaller than 8.5" X 8.5" or larger than 12" X12" (Medium may include: paint, marker, crayon, colored pencil etc.)

Multiple banners will be selected by FRPCV, area businesses and community organizations.

Read the Banner Artwork Letter (PDF)

See your art teacher for details or write to familyreadingpartnership@gmail.com

Read to Me! Any Time! Any Place!

Read to Me! Any Time! Any Place!

Book Fest 2024
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Bookfest 2024 Poster PDF

“Bringing the families of Chemung Valley together one book at a time”

Read Think Dream Book Fest 2024 Poster

Design marcrubinassociates, marcs.art Illustration Moira Leclerc

The Family Reading Partnership of the Chemung Valley Presents: Book Fest 2024: Read! Think! Dream! Book Fest is a family friendly event offering free book-centered fun. This year featuring local authors, live entertainment, character readers, games, and activities. Free books for children while supplies last.

Baby with Read to me t-shirt

Baby with Read to me t-shirt

Mother and father reading Chicken Little to their three children

Mother and father reading Chicken Little to their three children

Twin two-year-old girls “reading” Ada Twist and Big Hair Don’t Care

Twin two-year-old girls “reading” Ada Twist and Big Hair Don’t Care

Get Involved

Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley (FRPCV) is a non-profit run solely by volunteers. If you would like to give books, become a volunteer, give a donation, or learn about our many programs, please check out the button links below!

We always need books! Find out how to donate new or gently used books to the Bright Red Bookshelf.

Become a reader, help sort through books, help with Book Fest, distribute books, lend a hand at the Traveling Bright Red Bookshelf, and more!

Help support the Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley. One hundred percent of donations go toward encouraging literacy in our community.

From birth through intermediate school age, Family Reading Partnership strives to support literacy through our many programs: Books at Birth, Traveling Books, Book Fest, Bright Red Bookshelf, Reach Out and Read, Read to Me Banners, and Read for the Record. 

Right to Read - Meaningful Movie
January 10, 2024 at 7 PM

What: Meaningful Movie "Right to Read"
When: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 7 pm
Where: The Park Church - Beecher Hall (enter via parking lot door near Gray St.)
Co-Sponsor: Family Reading Partnership of the Chemung Valley

The event is free! Coffee, cookies, and pop corn, too.

Download the Meaningful Movie Right to Read poster PDF

The Greatest Civil Rights Issue of Our Time

The Right to Read shares the stories of a courageous activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of lifelong success: the ability to read. Executive Produced by LeVar Burton

Our Mission

Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley provides books and literacy outreach programs to children and their families. We commit ourselves to fostering a community in which all people experience the joy of reading as part of everyday life.

Our programs bring reading into the lives of children and families from infancy through school years. Join our quest to build a community of life-long learners.