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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 |
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Read to Grow has been chosen by The Walmart Foundation as one of five organizations in the state to participate in its new Associates Choice Program. If selected, Read to Grow will receive a $100,000 grant. The award will help us expand our Books for Babies program, and bring us one step closer to our goal: to serve 100% of all families with newborns and give every child an equal chance to develop critical early literacy skills.
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Sunday, May 09, 2010 |
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The Citizens Bank Foundation has awarded a $15,000 grant for Read to Grow’s program at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London. The donation will support our Books for Babies program which was established at the hospital in 2001.
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010 |
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Read to Grow has received a $12,000 grant from the Comcast Foundation to support our Books for Kids program. A special event was recently held at Fair Haven School in New Haven, where Comcast and Read to Grow representatives handed out books to Fair Haven students. |
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Monday, April 05, 2010 |
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Read to Grow has approved six First Book applications in Greater Hartford that support a continuum of services to help build children’s literacy starting at birth. |
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Thursday, April 01, 2010 |
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Join Read to Grow for an intimate evening with Anna Quindlen, author of a new novel, "Every Last One" on Monday, April 26, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm at Long Wharf Theatre Stage II in New Haven. The New York Times calls Quindlen's new book "...a spellbinding tale." |
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Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
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Myra Healy of Stratford has been hired to coordinate the Books for Kids Early Literacy Initiative that is a partnership between Read to Grow and the United Way of Coastal Fairfield County. The project’s goal is to ensure that the home environments of children residing in the United Way's 12-town region are literacy-rich, containing age-appropriate books. |
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Friday, February 12, 2010 |
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Read to Grow and the United Way of Coastal Fairfield County have come together in a Books for Kids Early Literacy Initiative to ensure that the home environments of children in the United Way's 12-town region are literacy-rich, containing age-appropriate books. This project is part of the UWCFC's Early Literacy Initiative, whose goal is to have all children reading at grade level by grade three.
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Friday, November 20, 2009 |
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What a wonderful afternoon we had with Ted Kennedy Jr., guest speaker at our recent 11th annual fundraising luncheon in New Haven. Our thanks to Citizens Bank and President Richard Barry for sponsoring the event and for their continuing support.
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Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
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For more than twenty years, Diantha D. Schull, Read to Grow’s new development director, has demonstrated her commitment to increasing young childrens’ access to books and literacy by working with libraries and educational organizations. |
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Saturday, August 01, 2009 |
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Steve Foldy stood knee-deep in boxes, bins and bags of 6,000 books he and his fellow Kiwanis Club of Fairfield members collected during their recent town-wide book drive for Read to Grow. |
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