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Evening of Readings
Annual Gala

An Evening of Readings Annual Gala is an important event to benefit Literacy Partners, hosted on Monday, May 10, 2010 at Lincoln Center.

Gala Chairs Liz Smith, Arnold Scaasi and Parker Ladd will welcome more than 500 guests to Lincoln Center for the annual Evening of Readings and Gala Dinner Dance to raise critical funds for Literacy Partners. Proceeds from the gala will help support programs that teach almost 2,000 disadvantaged New Yorkers how to read, and help them develop the basic skills necessary to succeed in day-to-day living.

This year we are delighted to be honoring best-selling author Barbara Taylor Bradford and her husband Robert Bradford for their philanthropy and longtime support of Literacy Partners. The evening begins with a cocktail reception at 6:30 pm, followed by readings by Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Finkel of The Good Soldiers and Mary Karr, author of the best-sellers Liar’s Club and Lit. Joining these acclaimed authors on stage will be our adult literacy students who will be reading their own inspiring essays about their experiences learning to read as adults. Dinner and dancing complete the evening on the promenade at The David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.

Past reading authors include: Annie Proulx, Chris Matthews, A.J. Jacobs, Tom Wolfe, Wally Lamb, Steve Martin, Julie Andrews, Simon Winchester, Mary Higgins Clark, David McCullough, Patricia Cornwell, Rita Mae Brown and Michael Crichton.

Past honorees include: Julia and David Koch, Oprah Winfrey, Pete Peterson, Tom Brokaw, Jack Welch, Tim Russert, Joan Ganz Cooney, Harold Evans, Tina Brown, Gerald Levin, Katharine Graham and Michael Bloomberg.

Help make this event a success by joining headliners from the worlds of entertainment, publishing, fashion and media to support the important work of Literacy Partners.

Philanthropist

Table of 10 - $50,000
Prime Seating for the Readings and Dinner Dance
Cocktail Reception with the Authors and Special Guests
Complimentary full-page journal ad

Sponsor

Table of 10 - $25,000
Select seating for the Readings and Dinner Dance
VIP Cocktail Reception with the Authors and Special Guests
Complimentary full-page journal ad

Benefactor

Table of 10 - $15,000
Select Seating for the Readings and Dinner Dance

Patron

Tickets - $2,500

Supporter

Tickets - $1,500

Tickets for the Readings Portion of the Evening Only

Tickets - $50. These tickets are 100% tax deductible.

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Need Additional Information?

For additional information call Linda Buckley or Anita Hall at Buckley Hall Events, (212) 573-6933; or the External Affairs Department at Literacy Partners, (212) 237-0122

About Literacy Partners

Literacy Partners believes that everyone has a right to read and succeed. We offer classes to teach adults the basic literacy skills essential to a full life as individuals, parents and citizens.

We help to ameliorate key social problems including, poverty, crime, poor parenting, welfare dependency, health and financial illiteracy. Through participation in our programs, our students become capable, committed, and enter the mainstream of society.

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Making Donations

There are many ways to support Literacy Partners mission, but the easiest way is by pledging funds to sustain our ongoing programs.

Nothing could be easier and more direct than making a cash gift, by check or credit card, to Literacy Partners. While making an immediate impact in support of our mission, you will also receive a tax deduction of up to 50% of your adjusted gross income. Any excess is deductible over the next five years.