SPANISH FORK, Utah (ABC4) — Operation Literacy is helping to elevate children’s literacy in Utah.

Since 2011, Operation Literacy has been sharing the joy of reading and writing. Jennifer Jenkins was one of the originals who helped create Operation Literacy. She now serves as the group’s CEO. She said, “If there was ever a time to invest in the next generation this is it where literacy is concerned.”

Teaching kids to express themselves through the written word has always been a goal for Operation Literacy, but since the Covid-19 pandemic, that goal has expanded.

Jenkins said, “A cancer has been going with our budding readers and the need for intervention there.”

As a drop in numbers of young students who can read proficiently continues, Operation Literacy’s mission has grown to fill in

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