Summer Literacy Kits
United Way was proud to partner once again with Mercantile Bank of Michigan to help combat the "summer slump" by distributing over 1,000 "Summer Adventure Kits" to every first grader in Gratiot and Isabella Counties. Each kit includes a book, color changing mood pencil, a pack of Brain Quest cards, a small clipboard and a booklet with games, questions, jokes and more. The bag that everything comes in is specifically designed to hang on the back of a car seat so items are easily assessable to children riding in the car.
United Way, Mercantile Bank, and Gratiot-Isabella RESD employees delivered all of the kits to our schools in late spring before school got out for the summer. Our hope for these kits is to give first graders the fun tools they need to keep reading and learning in the summer to help them be prepared in the fall when they come back to school!
