Author Archives: Joan Slattery Wall

Nearly 2 million children across the United States are reading magazines from MagLiteracy thanks in part to a monumental offering of delivery services by Cleveland-based Millcraft, one of the nation’s largest independently owned distributors of paper, packaging, graphic arts and industrial solutions.

More than 250,000 educational magazines are available at no cost to schools, food banks, summer reading programs, libraries and community organizations.

Before volunteering for MagLiteracy, Brooke Thomas, a senior at Gahanna-Lincoln High School, hadn’t really considered how magazines could be used beyond entertainment. “MagLiteracy helped me see how accessible and engagingContinueContinue reading “A Literacy Legacy: Local High School Senior Establishes Magazine Newsstand at Food Bank”

Separated by 500 miles but united in a love of reading, a National Geographic collector and a comic book collector met at MagLiteracy this month to share their treasured volumesContinueContinue reading “A Tale of Two Collections: Treasured Donations Support MagLiteracy Mission”

Greetings from Madison and our dedicated core group of volunteers — Ken Johnson, Kris Schwartz, Mark Krueger and Ginny Nachreiner. Here is a recap of recent donations we made to terrific local partner organizations to promote literacy among the children and adults they serve.

More than a million magazines in Central Ohio are bypassing landfills to promote literacy in the state, nation and beyond.