Maureen's Readers

It was great to read in the Star Tribune today about one of our favorite authors - Jennifer Trebisovsky (Jennifer Universe). Prominently featured in the article is Maureen's Readers: One classroom visit a few years ago led to a serendipitous meeting and fortuitous partnership. Reading to a kindergarten class at Rice Lake Elementary School in … Continue reading Maureen’s Readers featured in Star Tribune

Maureen's Readers was proud to participate in the Summer Reading Night at Bluffview Elementary School in Lake City this summer. Maureen's sister Michelle and husband Bob assisted in the festivities in early July. In the most recent Summer Reading Night they were joined by Maureen's sister Margie. We received this great thank you note from … Continue reading Summer Reading Night in Lake City

Maureen's Readers was proud to provide books to for Princeton Elementary Family Engagement Event on March 25. We love hearing how excited children are to get new books to take home with them. And, as always, we are amazed by the passionate teachers and staff who organize and run these great events.

Maureen’s Readers recently provided Park Elementary in Le Sueur $2000 to get books for their reading program. Supporting reading is what we do! We are glad to help students at the school Maureen taught at for 23 years! We thank First Grade teacher Kathy Leary for orchestrating the purchase and distribution of the books to … Continue reading More books for Park Elementary

Maureen’s Readers is happy to again fund the 2023 Summer Reading Program at Bluff View Elementary in Lake City. We are also continuing to fund their Read At Home Program for second grade. Thank you second grade teacher Kara Majchrzak for taking the initiative for implementing these programs! We are pleased to assist dedicated teachers!

In January Maureen’s Readers provided support to author Jennifer Trebisovsky (Jennifer Universe). Jennifer is close to publishing her second book “Make it a Good Night” to complement her first book “Make it a Good Day”. Her books provide a great message to young people for traversing everyday life. As a matter of fact, her messages … Continue reading ‘Make it a Good Night’

Maureen’s Readers is providing the funds to have all 3-5 grade students at Hilltop Elementary in Henderson, MN be able to pick a book to call their own in conjunction with efforts to mitigate some of the anxiety associated with taking the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) tests. Thank You Hilltop 5th Grade teacher Alexis Frischmon … Continue reading Books to help kids get through MCA tests

Today we are getting ready to send more books to Lake City for Bluff View Elementary's Reading & Math night. February is "I Love To Read" month - so fitting to celebrate Maureen's legacy & birthday.

Since our inception in 2018, Maureen's Readers has given thousands of books to children in memory of Maureen Wavrin. Our purpose remains to promote reading and we have found a variety of ways to accomplish this. We especially aim at ways to get books in the hands of kids that may not otherwise get books … Continue reading Give to the Max Day update

All second graders at Bluff View Elementary in Lake City got their own book last week. Maureen’s Readers will provide every second grader a book each month for this school year. Thank You Margie Harkins and Michelle Lynch (Maureen’s sisters) for facilitating this!