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Barclays Wealth and First Book Bring 2,000 New Books to Southside Elementary

June 1st, 2010 · No Comments · First Book Events, Philanthropy

Last week, volunteers from Barclays Wealth and Barclays Capital surprised students at Southside Elementary Museums Magnet School in Miami, Florida with a donation of 2,000 brand new books. The volunteers shared a very special afternoon of reading with the first-grade students of Southside; children crowded around their Barclays visitors, anxiously waiting to hear new stories [...]

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Barclays Capital Provides 2,000 More Books to North Star Academy

April 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · First Book Events, Philanthropy

When 25 volunteers from Barclays Capital arrived at North Star Academy Elementary in Newark last Tuesday to share their love of reading with elementary students, little did they know that those students, in return, would share their own fiery passion for learning and their courage to succeed. As the “Morning Circle” routine began, kindergarten, first-grade [...]

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Barclays Capital Donates 2,000 Books to PAVE Academy

March 24th, 2010 · No Comments · First Book Events, Philanthropy

Volunteers from Barclays Capital continued to give books and spread joy to students in the New York City metropolitan area last week. As part of their Investing in Bright Futures program, Barclays Capital volunteers visited PAVE Academy in Brooklyn, New York and announced that they would donate 2,000 brand new books to the school.  On [...]

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Barclays Employees Bring 2,010 New Books to Brooklyn

January 19th, 2010 · No Comments · First Book Events, Philanthropy

On Tuesday, an enthusiastic group of volunteers from Barclays Capital arrived at Community Partnership Charter School (CPCS) in Brooklyn, New York with exciting news for the elementary school students: in honor of the New Year, Barclays and First Book would donate 2,010 brand new books to CPCS! As we shared this news with the second-grade [...]

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Barclays Donates 2,000 New Books to North Star Academy

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments · First Book Events, Philanthropy

On Thursday morning, two buses pulled up to North Star Academy in Newark, New Jersey and opened their doors to let their passengers enter the school. Instead of elementary school students, volunteers from Barclays Capital poured out of the buses and walked into the building, ready to spend a morning reading with first-grade students and [...]

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