SFist knows we're awesome so we find it really sad that some people can't read us. It would be one thing if people read us, but there are plenty of people who can't read us. They can't read at all.

Project READ helps adults and adolescents learn to read. What? You think schools do that? Did you see how many school-funding propositions were defeated? Additionally, there are people, especially in California, who've moved here from elsewhere and while they may be perfectly literate in their mothertongue, can't manage much in their adopted second language.

Offered through local libraries, Project READ volunteers work one-on-one with students who have signed up to learn one of the most basic skills needed to thrive in our society: reading.

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