On Tuesday, March 10, I will be bowling at the 9th Annual Strikes, Spares, and Splits event, a night of bowling to benefit Read Ahead, a reading-based mentoring nonprofit serving elementary students throughout New York City. My roommate and best bud Beth is a member of the junior board! (Proud of you, Beth!) Penguin Random House is sponsoring this event and will be matching 100% of all donations! (Beth works there! Cool job, Beth!)
Read Ahead is devoted to facilitating mentor relationships that develop the social-emotional skills children need to successfully navigate school and daily life. Throughout the school year, Read Ahead matches corporate and community volunteers with young children in nearby elementary schools for weekly lunchtime mentoring sessions.Read Ahead is free of cost to students and schools and this event directly supports the community partner elementary schools that are not funded by corporate gifts. They serve over 200 children at P.S. 125 and P.S. 36 in West Harlem and P.S. 130 in Chinatown.
I'm participating in Strikes, Spares, and Splits because I support the mission of Read Ahead. As a speech- language pathologist working in a public school setting, this cause is close to my heart. I admire all of the Read Ahead volunteers who donate their time to connect with these children, have fun, and foster their literacy skills.
All donations are tax-deductible. All donations will be matched by Penguin Random House.
