Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Literacy Kit Making
October 16 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
By participating in this event, volunteers will create 300 resource filled literacy kits to be distributed to children of underserved communities across NYC during Jumpstart’s Read for the Record day!
Jumpstart’s Read for the Record is the world’s largest shared reading experience, celebrating early literacy and supporting children’s early language and social-emotional development. The annual initiative raises awareness of the critical importance of early literacy and access to inclusive, high-quality books through shared reading.
This year, Jumpstart’s 19th Annual Read for the Record Day will be held on October 24th, 2024. Millions of people will come together that day to read Piper Chen Sings co-authored by award-winning actress and singer Phillipa Soo and Maris Pasquale Doran and illustrated by Qin Leng. Thousands of schools, libraries, and community organizations will celebrate early literacy by reading this empowering story of self-expression, overcoming self-doubt, and the ways family relationships can support us.
To support preparations for our biggest event of the year, we are recruiting passionate volunteers to assemble 300 literacy kits and event materials on October 16th from 1pm – 3pm at the Jumpstart NYC Office: 505 8th Avenue Suite 303. The kits we assemble will uplift creativity and confidence in the children that receive them! Please make sure to bring your physical ID to present to building security at the lobby.
Tell a friend to tell a friend! ALL are welcomed!!
If you have any questions, contact:
Kayla Hernandez, NYC Community Engagement Manager, at kayla.hernandez@jstart.org
#ReadForTheRecord2024
Click here to register for this event on Handshake.
This event is open to students of Fordham College Rose Hill, Fordham College Lincoln Center, School of Professional and Continuing Studies, Gabelli School of Business Undergraduate Programs, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Graduate School of Education.
Photographs and/or videos will be taken at this event. By taking part in this event you grant the event organizers full rights to use the images resulting from the photography/video filming, and any reproductions or adaptations of the images for fundraising, publicity or other purposes to help achieve the group’s aims. This might include (but is not limited to), the right to use them in their printed and online publicity, social media, press releases and funding campaigns. If you do not wish to be photographed please inform an event organizer.
