Stand U-Knighted with RSD! Participate in our 2024 United Way Campaign from August 19 through November 8, 2024.

Our district goal is:

Goal
To raise $53,000 for United Way of Berks County and local organizations.

15 percent
To have 15 percent -- or approximately 300 -- of our district employees contribute. Every $1 counts! 

24 current contributors increase their giving
To have 24 of our current United Way contributors increase their giving by at least $1. 

Campaign Timeline
Begins Tuesday, August 19, 2024
Ends Friday, November 8, 2024

United Way of Berks will send an e-pledge form to your district email starting on August 19, 2024. The email will be delivered from “Your United Way Committee.” If you do not receive an e-pledge form, you can either complete/submit a paper pledge form and mail it interoffice to the Superintendent's Office or contact Leah Fuoco at fuocol@readingsd.org. Paper pledge forms are available in the main office of each building.

Early Bird Week 
Week of August 19-August 23, 2024
Donate at least $15 from Monday, August 19 through Friday, August 23, 2024, via e-pledge or paper pledge form, and you'll be entered into a raffle to win a day off with pay. 

Note: Our popular Day Off With Pay raffle will be available only during our Early Bird Week this year, so donate today! 

Early Bird Week donors will also be entered to win RSD swag, including Red Knight stickers, pens, stress balls, lanyards and pop sockets as an extra incentive!

Mini-Grants for RSD Teachers

Ready. Set. Read!

Red Knights in Training - Kindergarten Boot Camp

Raising a Reader

Communities in Schools.

United Way paper pledge forms are available in the main offices at our schools for staff members who do not have access to district e-mail or who did not receive an electronic pledge form. If you are an employee without an e-mail address but you are interested in donating to this year's RSD United Way Campaign, please contact your direct supervisor or your building's main office staff. Completed forms should be returned inter-office mail to the Superintendent's Office in the Administration Building by November 8, 2024.

United Way of Berks County serves tens of thousands of Berks Countians from all over our community each year, including our staff members, students and residents in Reading.  Last year, more than 100,000 local children, families and seniors benefited from more than 50 United Way funded programs. 

When donating, you can select to designate your donation for the United Way Community Cares Fund or to the United Way's agency partners. Following is a list of United Way of Berks County agency partners:

United Way Community Care Fund

American Cancer Society: Berks County Unit

American Red Cross PA Rivers Chapter

Berks Coalition to End Homelessness Inc.

Berks Connections/Pretrial Services

Berks Encore

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Berks County

Birdsboro Community Memorial Center

Boyertown Area Multi Services, Inc.

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Allentown

Centro Hispano Daniel Torres, Inc.

Co-County Wellness Services

Communities In Schools of Eastern PA

Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania

Family Guidance Center

Family Promise of Berks County

Friend, Inc. Community Services

Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania

Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance

Habitat for Humanity of Berks County, Inc.

Hawk Mountain Council: Boy Scouts of America

Jewish Familiy Service: A program of the Jewish Federation of Reading

Literacy Council of Reading-Berks

MidPenn Legal Services

New Journey Community Outreach Inc.

Olivet Boys & Girls Club of Reading and Berks County

Opportunity House

Safe Berks

The Salvation Army: Reading Corps

The Salvation Army: Service Extension Unit

Street Medicine, A Program of the Reading Hospital

Threshold Rehabilitation Services, Inc.

Tower Health at Home Berks 

YMCA of Reading & Berks County