Regina D . Weiss Literacy Legacy

Every dollar invested in early childhood education produces a 10% per annum return on investment.

James Heckman, Ph.D. Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2000.

The Children’s Reading Foundation was selected by the Weiss family in 2011 to help carry on the literacy legacy of their beloved wife and mother, the late Regina D. Weiss, through a literacy legacy fund in her honor. Regina Weiss dedicated her life to children’s literacy as a reading teacher for 33 years. She accepted her students as they were and believed in them and their potential. Regina lived her life with unwavering faith that there is goodness in all of us. She understood that literacy unleashes the intellectual power of understanding, original thought, imagination and the very essence of freedom itself.

Through fiscal 2015, more than $26,000 has been generously donated to the Regina D. Weiss Literacy Legacy fund. Donations to this fund help support the foundation’s children’s literacy efforts nationwide.