{"id":25011,"date":"2026-03-03T08:40:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=25011"},"modified":"2026-03-04T03:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:23:03","slug":"celebrate-national-reading-month-with-rx-for-reading-detroit-at-batch-brewing-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/03\/03\/celebrate-national-reading-month-with-rx-for-reading-detroit-at-batch-brewing-co\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate National Reading Month with Rx for Reading Detroit at Batch Brewing Co."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Reading Month brings a community book drive and series of events to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batchbrewingcompany.com\/\">Batch Brewing Co.<\/a> throughout March in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/rxreading.org\/\">Rx for Reading Detroit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2014, Detroit Mercy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/rxreading.org\">Rx for Reading Detroit<\/a> has distributed more than <strong>275,000 books<\/strong> to low-income children and families in metro Detroit. That&#8217;s more than two books for every young child in the city of Detroit!<\/p>\n<p>Batch Brewing Co. will accept donations of new or gently used books all month long. Those who donate will be entered into drawings to win an Rx for Reading Swag Bag or a Little Free Library for a Detroit-based school or organization.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Thursday Events in March<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><strong>March 5 \u2014 Teacher and Staff Appreciation Night<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4-6:30 p.m.: <\/strong>Teacher and Staff Appreciation Hour<br \/>\nSchool employees can enjoy specials with a valid school ID.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 12 \u2014 Teacher and Staff Appreciation Night<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4-6:30 p.m.: <\/strong>Teacher and Staff Appreciation Hour<br \/>\nSchool employees can enjoy specials with a valid school ID.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 19 \u2014<\/strong> <strong>Family Read-Along Event<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4-6:30 p.m.:<\/strong> Teacher and Staff Appreciation Hour: School employees can enjoy specials with a valid school ID.<br \/>\n<strong>6:30-7:30 p.m.:<\/strong> Story Reading Time with Rx for Reading<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 26 \u2014 Reading Month Celebration Finale<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4-6:30 p.m.:<\/strong> Teacher and Staff Appreciation Hour: School employees can enjoy specials with a valid school ID.<br \/>\n<strong>6:30-7 p.m.:<\/strong> Reading with Brynne Barnes, local award-winning author and NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work for Children<br \/>\n<strong>7-7:30 p.m.:<\/strong> Little Free Library and Swag Bag drawings and donation totals announced<\/p>\n<p>It is also easy to give a gift to Rx for Reading Detroit through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/giving\/fund\/program\/rx-for-reading-detroit.php\">Detroit Mercy Giving Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Take a moment to celebrate literacy and help raise the next generation of readers this month by ensuring every child has access to books.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-25032 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/Update-Batch-RX.jpg?resize=558%2C355&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A flyer with the text at the top \u201cMarch is National Reading Month!\u201d and \u201cRx for Reading Detroit, Raising Readers. One Book at a Time.\u201d The flyer lists several Thursday events in March at Batch Brewing Co., 1400 Porter Street, Detroit. UDM, Batch Brewing Co, and Rx for Reading Detroit logos are at bottom of page. There are several photos on the page of children reading and their teachers. There is a QR code in the bottom left corner.\" width=\"558\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/Update-Batch-RX.jpg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/Update-Batch-RX.jpg?resize=768%2C490&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/Update-Batch-RX.jpg?w=825&amp;ssl=1 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate literacy and help expand access to children\u2019s books during National Reading Month through a series of events at Batch Brewing Co. on Thursdays in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":25032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[7335,6164,6165,6523,3684,1057,7334,7333,5824,136],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/Update-Batch-RX.jpg?fit=825%2C526&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6vp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25011"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25034,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25011\/revisions\/25034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}