With the help of a giving and supportive community, Rosanna's family has started a non-profit organization in her loving memory. Rosanna's Readers and Legacy, Inc. is recognized as a non-profit organization in the State of Maine. We are also in the process of being approved as a 501(c)(3) organization with the IRS.

Our mission is to give a book to each child on their birthday in the two schools Rosanna taught at and at the school she went to as a child (Surry & Brooksville Elementary, and the Brooklin School). Rosanna loved and appreciated the Raising Readers program and wanted to see it continue on at the elementary school level.

Rosanna had another wish, which was to provide support and encouragement to young people, particularly young moms, diagnosed with cancer. Facing this diagnosis is devastating for anyone, let alone if you have a young child at home. Rosanna recalled receiving a new parent care package at the hospital after delivering Owen, being welcomed into the wonderful (but scary) new parent club. When she was diagnosed with cancer she left the hospital terrified, sad, and full of questions. She felt there was a need for people in similar situations to be given a little bit of encouragement. In Rosanna's honor we will also be providing care bags to young moms receiving chemotherapy treatments.

Rosanna’s Readers & Legacy, Inc.

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