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CPCS Students Start 2010 With 2,010 New Books |
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CPCS began the new year as the recipient of more than 2,000 new books thanks to corporate partner Barclays Capital. To celebrate the generous donation, 25 Barclays employees visited CPCS second graders to read some of the books with them.
Each student received two books of his or her own, including a special first-edition copy of The Berenstain Bears’ Dollars and Sense children’s book written to address financial literacy and learning for children. The school was given the additional 1,910 books for its library and classrooms.
“We are truly grateful to Barclays and their partner First Book for their generous donation to our students,” commented CPCS Director Melanie Bryon. “Through reading, students can use their imagination to explore the world beyond their classrooms and neighborhoods and we are thankful to Barclays for helping us to create that outlet for our students.”
The donation is one of the many ways that Barclays has supported CPCS and BwCF. Over the past three years, Barclays has provided mentors for BwCF alumni students and helped fund BwCF’s professional training and internship program, which has prepared and placed over 60 alumni students to work in nonprofits and corporations across New York City. Barclays employees also were awarded the 2009 Barclays Chairman’s Award for team achievement in the Americas for their volunteer work at CPCS’s Saturday Math Academies.
Click here to read GothamSchools.org coverage of the event.
CPCS students and Barclays volunteer read from Berenstain Bears' Dollars and Sense.
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