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 Employees Bring 2,010 New Books to Brooklyn
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments · First Book Events, Philanthropy
Tags: Barclays·Barclays Capital·Brooklyn·Community Partnership Charter School·corporate social responsibility·CSR·early education·Literacy
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 [...]