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Join the Summer Reading Program!
No matter where you are, Summer Reading Books are available near you!

Want to read this summer?  Can't get to a library for books?  No problem!  United Way of Greater Chattanooga, in partnership with the Community Foundation and the Chattanooga Bicentennial Library, have placed books in local Neighborhood Reading Centers and schools all over Hamilton County so that kids and their parents will have free access to 65 book titles included on the Hamilton County Schools Summer Reading List. These books are geared to all ages from toddlers to teens, and are ready to check out!

If you can't make it to a library to get your book, head to one of these locations!  But you had better hurry to start riding the summer reading wave!

 

 

NEIGHBORHOOD READING CENTERS WITH SUMMER READING BOOKS

 

Boys and Girls Clubs of Chattanooga

Contact:  Sedrick Collins
610 Lindsey St.

(423) 266-6131

Hours: M-F,10a-6p

 

Boys and Girls Clubs/Alton Park Unit

Contact:  Mary Olds

(423) 826-0267

Hours: M-F,8:30a-6p

 

Boys and Girls Clubs/East Lake Unit

Hours: Open 24/7

 

Boys and Girls Clubs/Harriet Tubman

Contact: Gerald Mason

(423) 692-6954

Hours: M-F,8:00a-6p

 

Boys and Girls Clubs/Highland Park

Contact: Michael Burton 

(423) 629-0008

Hours: m-F 8a-6p

 

Bushtown/Carver Reading Center

Contact: Peggy Kilpatrick

Carver Parks and Recreation Center

1817 E. 3rd St., 37404

(423) 622-1647 or (423) 629-5212

Children's Home/Chambliss Shelter

Contact: Rosa Paris

315 Gillespie Road

(423) 698-2456 x232

Hours: 24/7

 

 

East Lake Neighborhood Learning Center

Contact: Rebecca Mott

E. Lake Temple of Faith Deliverance Church of God

2139 E. 27th Street, P.O. Box 16009, 37407

(423)698-2700

 

Girls Inc.

Contact: Cora Lanier

709 S. Greenwood Ave.

(423) 624-4985     

Hours: M-F 8a-5p

 

 

Glenwood Neighborhood Reading Center

Contact: Jackie Simpson

Glenwood Recreation Center

 2610 Glenwood Drive, 37404

(423) 697-1284

 

Northside Neighborhood House

Contact: Rachel Brandon

211 Minor Street

(423) 267-2217
Hours: M-F 8:30a-4:30p

 

Oak Grove Neighborhood Reading Center-“The Nest”

Contact: Gladys Winston

Resurrected Baptist Church

2230 East 18th Street, 37404

(423) 698-8086 or (423) 892-2859

    

St. Elmo Neighborhood Reading Center

Contact: Linda Cooper

Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church

1607 West 43rd St., 37409

((423) 870-9113

     

 

AREA SCHOOLS WITH SUMMER READING BOOKS

 

Brown Academy

Contact: Jeff Lyles

718 E. 8th Street
Phone:  209-5760
Hours of Operation: M-F  7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

 

Daisy Elementary School

Contact: Sharon Wynn

620 Sequoyah Road
Phone:  332-8815
Hours of Operation: M, T, Th, F  7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

 

Harrison Elementary School

Contact: Jim Cole

5637 Highway 58 N.
Phone:  344-1428
Hours of Operation: M-F 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

 

Hixson Elementary School

Contact: Tami Crane

5650 Winding Lane
Phone:  870-06212
Hours of Operation: M-F 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m

 

Nolan Elementary School

Contact: Lisa Wofford

4435 Chackleford Ridge Road
Phone:  886-0898
Hours of Operation: M-F 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m

 

Red Bank Elementary School

Contact: Kila Hill

1100 Mountain Creek Road
Phone:  874-1917
Hours of Operation: M-F 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m

 

Smith Elementary School

Contact: Jill King

5971 Hunter Road
Phone:  344-1425
Hours of Operation: M, T, Th, F  7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m

 

Spring Creek Elementary School

Contact: Carolyn Shell

1100 Spring Creek Road
Phone:  855-6138
Hours of Operation: M-F 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m

 

Wolftever Creek Elementary School

Contact: Sarah Lindon

5080 Ooltewah-Ringgold Road
Phone:  238-7300
Hours of Operation: M-F 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m

 

 

 

 

 

This page was last updated on Thu Sep 27, 2007.

 



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