The MGM Voice Foundation Recognizes Spread the Word Nevada: Kids to Kids With Grant Funding for Third Consecutive Year

August 23, 2007 - There is a voice in the community that resonates loudly on the importance of literacy. That "voice" is The MGM Voice Foundation. Employees once again honored Spread the Word Nevada: Kids to Kids with their generous grant funding of $20,000.

This was the third year for Kids to Kids to receive this distinction and support. These monies are earmarked to fund the program's Breakfast With Books project that takes literacy to the families in schools supported by Kids to Kids.

Spread the Word Nevada's Executive Director, Lisa Habighorst, explains, "Breakfast With Books is an amazing extension to the home libraries that Kids to Kids builds for at-risk children and their families. After the children take the books home, we wanted parents to use these books with their children by reading together. This before-school activity brings students with their parents and siblings to a gathering where breakfast is served, stories are read, literacy tips are shared and books are selected by all in attendance to take home and keep. It is so rewarding to see reading come alive! The student's, and their family's, eyes sparkle as they listen to the story being shared and as they select their books to take home. Everyone from babies to grandparents leaves with a new book to read and share together at home."

This financial support validates the children's learning. It demonstrates that the employees of the MGM hotel properties believe in literacy and the value it holds for successful futures. Through its generosity, The MGM Voice Foundation is shaping lives, one book at a time.

Literacy opens doors to the future through which most of the youngsters served by Spread the Word Nevada: Kids to Kids would rarely have the opportunity to enter.

It is a great community that cares for those in need while preparing them for a prosperous and successful future. The MGM Voice Foundation is recognized as a valuable part of Southern Nevada's greatness.

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