United Way of Central Indiana is looking for volunteers in Noblesville for its ReadUP program, a literacy initiative that sends volunteers into elementary schools to read with third-graders to help them get on track with grade-level literacy.

United Way is looking for 35 volunteers to read with students at Stony Creek Elementary School and White River Elementary School in Noblesville. Registration is open for anyone interested in volunteering for the school year, and the program will begin in September.

United Way Manager of Communications Margaret Matray said for more than a decade, United Way has partnered in Hamilton County for ReadUP. She said the need for the program is more critical than ever, as third-graders who did not pass Indiana’s reading test, IREAD, will be held back under

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