Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and Scholastic CEO, Richard Robinson, Named Literacy Champions
Media Contact:
Asari Beale, Communications Manager
Reach Out and Read of Greater New York
(646) 237-0103
MEDIA ALERT
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and Scholastic CEO,
Richard Robinson, Named Literacy Champions
WHO & WHAT: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library – an initiative that sends children a new book in the mail each month – and Richard Robinson, President and CEO of Scholasic Inc., will both be recognized with “Literacy Champion” Awards at the annual gala for Reach Out and Read of Greater New York. The event will be attended by guests from the industries of publishing, entertainment, and public health, and will raise money to support children’s literacy in New York.
WHY: Reach Out and Read of Greater New York partners with both Scholastic and the NYC Imagination Library to promote early literacy. Reach Out and Read is a school-readiness program that partners with pediatricians to provide children with literacy guidance and a free, new book at each check-up. Peer-reviewed studies show that Reach Out and Read helps give children the tools they need to succeed in school.
WHERE & WHEN:
Date
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Location
Bridgewaters – The Museum Club
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
11 Fulton Street(at the South Street Sea Port)
New York, NY 10038
Members of the press are welcome. Please contact Asari Beale, 646-237-0103.
Reach Out and Read of Greater New York distributes books to over a quarter of a million children annually at over 180 Reach Out and Read clinical locations throughout New York City, Long Island, and Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster Counties. For more information, visit our website: www.reachoutandreadnyc.org. Reach Out and Read was featured in the New York Times article, “Rx Read to Your Baby.
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