An App for Reading Advocates
Customer Case Study: Read by 4th, Reading Captains
Read by 4th Overview
Read by 4th is a citywide campaign that brings the community together to work towards a shared vision of ensuring that all children will be reading on grade level by the time they enter the 4th grade. It is Read by 4th’s mission to transform Philadelphia’s children into strong readers, so that each and every child has the opportunity to grow into exceptional learners. With the help of the Reading Captains and their brand new app, children are able to become more confident in their reading, and parents are able to be more informed about the literacy resources available throughout the city.
Transition
MilkCrate is proud to have built Read by 4th’s Reading Captain App. The Reading Captain app by MilkCrate makes it easier for volunteers to find the resources and tools to be the best literacy resource on the block by, allowing Reading Captains to learn, act, share, discover, and stay informed about future and ongoing events in the Read by 4th community.
Challenge
Prior to working with MilkCrate, The Read by 4th program was working with a 4-inch binder and paper materials to keep track of volunteer hours, and student progress.
Results
How the app helps the Reading Captain Volunteers
Events: Users can register for an event and earn volunteer hours
Resource Directory: Users can find events, actions and outside sources, to help with different student’s reading levels
Communicate via Activity Feed and Chat: Send a direct messages to any volunteer
Users can register for Read by 4th events
Admin Dashboard chart of user activity
How the admin dashboard helps Read by 4th Staff
Reach Volunteers with push notifications: Alerting the volunteers to complete a challenge
Engage users with Polls Questions: To gain feedback and reflections from the volunteers
Monitor and Track Users: Through actions, events, activity feed, comments and questions
User Data Charts: Track volunteer activity through charts
“We have volunteers all across Philadelphia helping families grow their young readers. We have loved working with MilkCrate to develop an app to motivate and track volunteer participation.”
— Sam Fisher, Data & Administrative Coordinator at The Free Library of Philadelphia
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The Reading Captain app is available in the app store for iOs and Android phones, along with other MilkCrate apps that help companies better reach the organizations they serve. If you are involved in a program or an organization that would like to engage and support your community - let us know! We would be thrilled to arrange a free demo of how our platform works and see how we can be of help building your organization’s app.