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Barclays Delivers Books to Brooklyn

Mar16
2012
Rochee Jeffrey Written by Rochee Jeffrey

Last week, Barclays volunteers visited PAVE Academy in Brooklyn, NY to read with students and hand-deliver brand new books from First Book.

 Volunteers visited the Howard and Syracuse kindergarten classrooms to read four different books to 50 excited students, including the Barclays special branded edition of Berenstain Bears’ Dollars and Sense, a great title focused on financial literacy for young readers. At the end of the reading party, the kindergartners were excited to discover that they were each taking home copies of the four brand new books in a Barclays backpack.

The reading party marked the third consecutive year that Barclays volunteers have visited PAVE Academy. Volunteers will continue to visit K-2 students in the New York metropolitan area throughout 2012, bringing new books to every school.

Since 2009, Barclays and First Book have distributed more than 75,000 new books to children in need across the country. In addition to hosting reading parties, Barclays is also working with First Book to develop the financial literacy and college readiness sections on the First Book Marketplace, launch a new program with Teach for America’s New York region, and provide college readiness grants to 10 middle and high schools. Each element of our partnership with Barclays is helping First Book to reach more students with more valuable educational resources.

 

Posted in First Book Partners - Tagged berenstain bears, Brooklyn

Barclays and First Book Bring New Books to Newark

Feb10
2012
Rochee Jeffrey Written by Rochee Jeffrey

Last week, volunteers from Barclays made their fourth visit to Vailsburg Elementary School, one of North Star Academy Charter School’s Newark, NJ campuses, to host a Barclays reading party.

The volunteers started their morning as part of Vailsburg’s Community Circle, a school-wide gathering that is a core part of the North Star culture. After Community Circle, volunteers visited kindergarten classrooms to read four different books to 89 kindergarten students.

The titles included Arthur’s Reading Race, Barack Obama: Out of Many, One, Jamaica and Brianna, and the Barclays special edition of Bunny Money. At the end of the reading time, the kindergartners were excited to discover that they were each taking home copies of the four brand new books in a Barclays backpack.

 

The reading party at Vailsburg Elementary was the first in the 2012 series of Barclays reading parties. Volunteers will continue to visit K-2 students in the New York metropolitan area throughout the year, bringing new books to every school.

 

Since 2009, Barclays and First Book have distributed more than 75,000 new books to children in need across the country. In addition to hosting reading parties, Barclays is also working with First Book to develop the financial literacy and college readiness sections on the First Book Marketplace, launch a new program with Teach for America’s New York region, and provide college readiness grants to 10 middle and high schools. Each element of our partnership with Barclays is helping First Book to reach more students with more valuable educational resources.



Posted in Books & Reading

When I graduate, I will …

Jul19
2011
Brian Minter Written by Brian Minter

Students from First Book programs around the country recently sent us video essays finishing the important phrase “When I graduate, I will …”

We loved all the submissions, but our favorite was this one, from Harvey Milk High School in New York City.

The Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI), home of the Harvey Milk High School, in New York City, is a safe and supportive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth and their families.

Students at Harvey Milk High School in NYCFirst Book works with HMI to provide its youth members with high-quality books, keeping the quality of their education exceptional. HMI provides a number of services that use the books, including college advising, SAT prep classes and a scholarship program.

“The books we receive from First Book are used to supplement our college prep programs,” said Sam Stiegler, Assistant Director of After-School Services for Academic Enrichment at HMI. “Given that SAT prep materials are quite costly, it’s great that we’re able to provide our young people with these materials, so they can be better prepared for college.”

Thanks to our friends at Barclays, First Book is able to offer a selection of quality college prep books on our Marketplace site, for the Hetrick-Martin Institute and thousands of schools and programs like it around the country.

Posted in Book Recipients, Books & Reading, Education, Video - Tagged Barclays Capital, college prep, First Book, Harvey Milk High School, LGBTQ, New York City, Sam Stiegler

Barclays Brings Books to Kids in Need

Jun16
2011
Rochee Jeffrey Written by Rochee Jeffrey

Today’s guest blog post is from Julia Falkenstern, a Strategic Alliances coordinator at First Book. Julia works with corporate partners like Barclays, KPMG and Pi Beta Phi to ensure that children from low-income families throughout the country have the opportunity to own new books.

At the end of May, First Book staff traveled across the country to join Barclays volunteers at Berkley Maynard Academy, a K-8 school in the Aspire Public Schools charter network, in Oakland, CA.  The volunteers were there to read with second grade students as part of the very first Barclays reading party on the West Coast.

The volunteers and young readers traded off reading Something Beautiful, Luna Moths: Masters of Change, and the Barclays special edition of The Berenstain Bears’ Dollars and Sense to one another.  At the end of the reading party, the children were ecstatic to learn that they would each be taking home the three new books in a Barclays backpack.

James Willcox, CEO of Aspire Public Schools, was also on hand to read to students and talk with volunteers about the great things happening at Berkley Maynard and other Aspire Public Schools.  He mentioned that in 2010, 100% of Aspire’s graduating seniors were accepted to college, exemplifying the charter school network’s motto, “College for Certain.”

Like Aspire Public Schools, Barclays strives to prepare students for college.  In addition to hosting reading parties like the one at Berkley Maynard, Barclays has provided 10 schools with book grants to the College Prep and Personal Finance sections of the First Book Marketplace.

Posted in Books & Reading, First Book Events, First Book Partners, Marketplace - Tagged California, First Book Marketplace, Oakland, reading party, volunteers

First Book and Barclays Bring Books to the Bronx

Apr20
2011
Brian Minter Written by Brian Minter

Barclays volunteers and First Book staff with students at Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School, New York, May 14Last week, First Book staffers, along with volunteers from our friends at Barclays, visited Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School in New York City, and brought along some books.

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Posted in Book Recipients, Books & Reading, First Book Events, First Book Partners, Volunteers - Tagged Bunny Money, college readiness, First Book, Girls Prep, Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School, My Many Colored Days, Penguin Chick Grows Up

First Book at the Gramercy School in NYC

Feb08
2011
Brian Minter Written by Brian Minter

Volunteers from Barclays Capital read to kids at New York City’s Gramercy School at a First Book event

On Thursday, some of our staffers met up with volunteers from Barclays Capital for a reading event at the YAI Network‘s Gramercy School in New York City. The preschool serves children ages 3-5 who have developmental disabilities and/or learning delays.

The kids especially enjoyed In the Snow, Bear About Town and stories from Eric Carle’s All Around Us collection. Barclays volunteers also participated in classroom lessons that the Gramercy teachers developed specifically for the occasion, like making sure that Bear was ready to go to town by helping glue his scarf, jacket and boots on.

Best of all, every child at the event received a backpack with three brand-new books to keep.

These books are part of Barclays’ ongoing commitment to helping First Book bring books to children from low-income communities. Thanks to their support, we’ll be launching a special section dedicated to financial literacy and college readiness on the First Book Marketplace next month.

Learn more about this event here.

Posted in Education, First Book Partners, Marketplace - Tagged Barclays Capital, Gramercy School, New York City, NYC, volunteers, YAI Network

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

Jun01
2010
Written by admin

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 and lobbying for the chance to be the next reader. After reading Bunny Money and The Berenstain Bears Lend a Helping Hand with the Barclays volunteers, students took home their very own copies of each title to read independently, share with siblings and friends or have the stories read to them again.

As part of a new partnership with Barclays Wealth, First Book will donate 2,000 new books to Southside Elementary for its children as well as its school and classroom libraries, where current and future students will enjoy them for years to come. In 2010, Barclays Wealth and First Book will distribute 10,000 brand new books in communities where Barclays employees work and live. We are proud to work with Barclays as the company follows it philosophy of banking on brighter futures, looking after local communities and supporting charity at work.

Posted in First Book Events, Philanthropy - Tagged Barclays Capital, Barclays Wealth, Bunny Money, financial literacy, Miami

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

Apr28
2010
Written by admin

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 and second-grade students chanted about their classroom pride and enthusiasm for math. Next, the Emory Eagles of second grade performed an incredible original song about matter (their current unit of study in science). When the students were finally introduced to the Barclays Capital “superheroes,” who had arrived to read brand new books with them, their young faces lit up with excitement. The scholars of North Star Academy have an unmatched love for reading, and the donation of new books, such as Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells and Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold, from Barclays Capital allows these students to take home and enjoy their very own books. READ MORE »

Posted in First Book Events, Philanthropy - Tagged Barclays Capital, Bunny Money, financial literacy, Newark, North Star Academy

Barclays Capital Donates 2,000 Books to PAVE Academy

Mar24
2010
Written by admin

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 Tuesday, volunteers brought copies of Bunny Money, by Rosemary Wells, and Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride, by Marjorie Priceman, to read with PAVE’s first-grade students. At the end of the day, the first-graders were thrilled to take home their very own copies of both books!

In 2010, Barclays Capital will donate more than 30,000 new books to children from low-income populations throughout the United States. We are proud to work with Barclays to provide financial literacy materials and educational resources to children in need, as well as invest in the bright future of our next generation of leaders.

Posted in First Book Events, Philanthropy - Tagged Barclays Capital, book donation, Brooklyn, Bunny Money, Investing in Bright Futures, PAVE Academy

Barclays Employees Bring 2,010 New Books to Brooklyn

Jan19
2010
Written by admin

Makayla Caruth Victoria Elliot Terry Beaupierre aned Isaiah Newsome AOn 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 students, a group of them exploded into a “silent cheer” just as they had done when Principal Melanie Bryon-Capellan first explained that some special guests had arrived to spend the morning.

As part of Barclays Capital’s Investing in Bright Futures program, all second-grade students received copies of The Berenstain Bears’ Dollars and Sense as well as Now Hiring: White House Dog and had the chance to spend about an hour reading with visitors from Barclays. The rest of the 2,010 donated books will fill shelves in classrooms and the school library, where current and future students will enjoy them for years to come. With natural curiosity, motivating teachers, and now brand new resources from Barclays Capital, the future is looking incredibly bright for the students of CPCS.

Posted in First Book Events, Philanthropy - Tagged Barclays Capital, Brooklyn, Community Partnership Charter School, corporate social responsibility, CSR, early education, Literacy
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