Deluxe is one of the top providers of checks in North America, and a trusted and valued advisor to small businesses and financial institutions. Since 1954, the Deluxe Corporation Foundation has awarded more than $82 million to education, arts and human services programs and nonprofits. Through programs like Reading for Life, which focuses on helping students who struggle with reading, the Deluxe Foundation seeks to make its communities better places to live and work.

Lincoln Financial Group has been serving the financial needs of customers across the U.S and the United Kingdom since 1905. As a concerned corporate citizen, the company's Foundation has sustained a strategic philanthropic program to improve the quality of life in the communities where their employees live and work.

Our State magazine is celebrating its 75th year by entering into a partnership with the North Carolina Literacy Association (NCLA) to highlight the effect literacy has on our population and efforts statewide to help adults build basic skills.

American Express Foundation supports United Way programs that serve communities where American Express has a major presence.  Locally, American Express has been a major supporter of Reading Connections to promote literacy throughout Guilford County.

Dollar General provides information on literacy services offered by local affiliates, and provides a vehicle for referring potential students to programs.  Dollar General awarded a $9,800 grant to Reading Connections in 2005 to support its adult education programs.

Through the Moses Cone-Wesley Long Community Health Foundation, CHIF provides funds to area non-profits to support health initiatives.  Reading Connections’ health literacy initiative received CHIF support in 2005.

Toleo Foundation provides support to Reading Connections through its annual granting process.

The Bryan Foundation supports Reading Connections efforts to expand faith-based community partnerships through its annual grant-making process.

The Cemala Foundation is a private family foundation established in 1986 by Martha A. and Ceasar Cone II to continue the family tradition of commitment to enhancing the quality of life of the community. The Foundation is a long-term supporter of Reading Connection's literacy efforts.

The mission of the Blue Cross Blue Shield NC Foundation is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians. We are grateful for their support of our health literacy efforts in community clinics.

The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro manages and distributes charitable funds to organizations throughout the Greensboro community. It is a charitable organization dedicated to strengthening the community for present and future generations. The Community Foundation promotes philanthropy, builds and maintains a permanent collection of endowment funds, and serves as a trustworthy partner and leader in shaping effective responses to community issues and opportunities.

Greensboro Public Library strives to provide free and equal access to information, foster lifelong learning and inspire the joys of reading.  The library system partners with Reading Connections to promote literacy and to meet specific barriers and needs as they are identified.

Guilford Technical Community College provides access to lifelong learning opportunities for personal growth, workforce productivity, and community service. GTCC serves all the diverse segments of Guilford County's population, delivering quality educational programs and services, through partnerships with business, community groups, and other educational institutions.

Guilford Child Development provides quality child development services, including Head Start/Early Head Start and the Nurse Family Partnership program, among others. Guilford Child Development and Reading Connections will be partnering to provide family literacy services in Guilford County.

The Employment Security Commission provides services for North Carolinians searching for a job or seeking unemployment benefits. Reading Connections receives referrals from offices in Greensboro and High Point for individuals seeking to improve their basic literacy skills or get a GED.

Joblink assists individuals in their search for a job, and provides education and training needed to enhance employability. Reading Connections maintains partnerships with Joblink offices in Greensboro and High Point.

As part of its Newspapers in Education program, the News & Record contributes five complimentary copies of its daily paper to Reading Connections for use by its students and tutors in their lesson plans.

Reading Connections updates its own website by using the Intellogy content management system.  To learn more, visit www.intellogy.net.

Providing web site design and development work for this website.  Contact Steve Vest at 336-723-4788.

Reading Connections is a member agency of the United Way of Greater Greensboro and receives approximately one-fourth of its annual funding from money that is raised during the United Way’s annual workplace campaign.

In 2002, Reading Connections was accredited by ProLiteracy Worldwide, the oldest and largest nongovernmental literacy organization in the world.

The United Way of Greater High Point develops community resources and partnerships that support a broad array of critical health and human service needs in our community. Reading Connections is grateful for support in the form of a venture grant awarded in 2007.