Alane Adams has a passion for supporting literacy projects that help students develop a love of reading. Based on her experiences visiting schools in developing countries around the world as well as here in the U.S., Alane has zeroed in on literacy as a key indicator for future success. In 2008, Alane established the Rise Up Foundation.

The Rise Up Foundation strives to improve the lives of children and families living in poverty and difficult circumstances. Rise Up supports literacy projects as a path toward improving the future prospects of children in underserved communities by making book donations, providing classroom support, and grant-making. In addition to literacy efforts, Rise Up works with organizations committed to defining and solving the problems that chronic poverty brings to children and their communities.

To learn more about Alane’s literacy efforts in the classroom, please visit her foundation website at www.riseupfoundation.org.