Mary Boucher has over two decades of experience in advertising, fundraising for various charities and working with under privileged children in her community. She attended San Diego State University and majored in Business. She currently spends her time devoted to her various charities and volunteer work in her community of Carbondale, Colorado.
Mary Boucher was one of the original founders of Flowered Chives Inc., a catering company based in Aspen, Colorado for close to ten years and was primarily responsible for event planning and fundraising. Mary has worked with children in areas of reading and has been focusing on children with learning disabilities for the last four years.
Mary currently resides in Carbondale, Colorado and she feels very strongly about teaching children to be literate and now focuses her passion solely on Kindles For Kids to spread literacy, one child at a time.
Through our free program, Kindles For Kids serves young readers and writers who have the greatest needs, including children in shelters, children in low-income housing, children from low-income families, children in the free lunch program, children in households undergoing severe economic challenges, and many other at-need youth.
Kindles For Kids does not receive any state or federal funds. Our programs are supported entirely by donations from individuals, companies, foundations, and social organizations. We hope you will support Kindles For Kids important fight for literacy, one kid at a time. Thank you!
Kindles For Kids is a non-profit organization whose mission is to nurture a love of reading and comprehension among children throughout Colorado. Since 2012, Kindles For Kids has begun to serve more than 600 children in communities across Colorado with a strong focus on Garfield County, Colorado and the intent to grow nationwide.
Kindles For Kids targets two groups of children from age 5 to age 18:
Children in households where resources are limited and free lunch
is provided
Children who are at high risk of growing up with low literacy skills
ABOUT US
MARY BOUCHER
President and Director