Cherokee Growing Readers United for Literacy program begins book garden initiative

September 3, 2025 at Cherokee One Feather

During Reports to Council on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 3, Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) Superintendent Consuela Girty, Center for Native Health (CNH) Relational Health Program Director and Growing Reader Associate Kristina Hyatt, and Hope Center Director Michele Galloway, presented the Cherokee Growing Readers initiative through Unite for Literacy, which will include book gardens and a community writer’s workshop.

“Cherokee Growing Readers is an initiative that puts books into the hands of Cherokee children and families through free book gardens, nurturing a lifelong love of reading and connection,” Hyatt said.

“This reading initiative made possible through a partnership between Unite for Literacy, National Center for Families Learning, and Cherokee Central Schools, is planting the seeds of literacy across the Qualla Boundary.”

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