The Elko County Reading Council (ECRC) is a local organization whose mission is to promote literacy in the communities in which we live and work.
Membership opens the door to collaborative projects, networking, grant opportunities, family engagement, professional development, and community involvement.
Membership opens the door to collaborative projects, networking, grant opportunities, family engagement, professional development, and community involvement.
Book Tree
It's that time of year! Please help us provide books to school children. Visit any Mudd Hutt location, and choose a student off the Christmas tree. Buy a book from the list in and return it to any Mudd Hutt no later than December 14, 2024. We would greatly appreciate your generosity. Give the gift of reading!
Our Mission
- To promote literacy in the community on an ongoing basis
- To further the awareness of reading to the public
- To promote reading events
- To promote a lifelong love of reading
What We Do
- Host visiting author Jannie Ho in March 2025
- Gift books to students with Christmas Book Tree
- Award up to four $500 student scholarships
- Provide first-time moms at Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital with a "Read to Me" kit
- Give two $250 mini-grants to teachers who are ECRC members
Meeting
If you would like to join us, send us an email for details.
- December 16, 2024 at 3:00--we will be wrapping books from the Book Tree