Events
Literacy Partners events are occasions to both share the love of reading and raise funds for our programs. Events range from book signings at various venues through the year to our annual gala, which is held at Lincoln Center each May.
News & Upcoming Events
An Evening of Readings Annual Gala
On May 21, 2012 Gala Chairs Liz Smith, Arnold Scaasi, Parker Ladd, Jacqueline Weld Drake and Alina Cho will welcome more than 500 guests to Jazz at Lincoln Center for the annual Evening of Readings and Gala Dinner Dance to raise critical funds for Literacy Partners.
Michael Connelly, Stacy Schiff, Mark Jackson, Jacqueline Weld Drake, Susan McLean, Luke Parker Bowles, Liz Smith, Tom Hooper, Niama Khanboubi, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeffrey Sharp, Josh Berkonti, David Seidler
Liz Smith will be honored for extraordinary leadership and devotion to Literacy Partners since she helped found the organization in 1973. The evening will include readings by Sally Bedell Smith and Jeffrey Toobin. The 2012 Face of Literacy Award will be presented to [Barbara Perlov] the film, The Help; director Tate Taylor will accept the award on behalf of the Academy Award-nominated movie. Founded in 2009, the Face of Literacy Award recognizes a filmmaker who has used his or her talents to bring awareness to the challenges faced by our adult students in overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds to better themselves through education. Proceeds from the gala will help support programs that teach almost 1,400 disadvantaged New Yorkers how to read, and help them develop the basic skills necessary to succeed in day-to-day living.
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Literacy Partners Presents Food For Thought Series
June 1st 2011
Please join us for the final event in our series of intimate luncheons, featuring best-selling authors discussing their work.
- Wednesday, June 1, 2011: Erica Jong, author of 21 books including the groundbreaking Fear of Flying and her most recent work, Love Comes First
Le Cirque – 151 East 58th Street
12:00 Noon for Lunch, 12:45 p.m. Author Presentation and Dialogue
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GO Day 2011 at Literacy Partners
Sharon Lowenheim, President, NAPO-NY (front row, second from right), Stephanie Shalofsky, Marketing Director of the chapter (front row, second from left), and Alexa Bonilla, Literacy Partners Director of Education (center), with volunteers and staff from their organizations during GO Day at Literacy Partners.
On Friday, January 21st, 16 members of the New York chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO-NY) volunteered their services at Literacy Partners in observance of GO (Get Organized) Month. The volunteers, each an organizational professional in her/his own right, contributed 55 hours to re-organizing various storage elements at Literacy Partners headquarters. Another 66 hours of muscle were added to the endeavor by 11 Literacy Partners staff.
Demands on Literacy Partners storage and space escalated in recent years when it sublet a portion of space to an organization with a mission and interests similar to its own. As a result, sizable amounts of books, materials, and supplies were displaced, and storage spaces became cramped and congested. With assistance from NAPO-NY volunteers, a good deal of this situation was remedied, and some filing was done.
NAPO established GO Month seven years ago to show individuals and businesses the value of getting organized in both their personal and professional lives. During GO Month, NAPO-NY members share their knowledge and expertise and help individuals and companies get organized.
