Archivo para 2016

More than 350 kids at PAL Camp New Haven—run by New Haven Police Athletic League (PAL)—are getting books from Read to Grow! Sgt. Albert McFadden of the New Haven Police Department picked up the books on July 12 from Linda Sylvester at Read to Grow.  The camp, for city kids ages 8-13, runs July 5-August 5. More than a dozen police officers from the New Haven Police Department, Southern Connecticut State University, University of New Haven, and Yale University participate. Camp activities include ...

#BooksForEveryBaby received a big backing from Connecticut legislators on July 6 with the donation of hundreds of books!  Collections were held at the State Capitol and Legislative Office Building over the winter and spring.

Senators Ted Kennedy Jr. (District 12), Martin Looney (Senate President-District 11) and Len Fasano (Senate Minority Leader-District 34) delivered the books to Read to Grow’s office in Branford.

Teri Gavigan, Executive Assistant at General Assembly, organized the collections.

The Branford Elks Club is running a book drive from May 16 – June 18th. Gently-used children’s books can be dropped off in the collection bins located in the upstairs hallway.

Branford Elks Club
158 South Montowese Street
Branford, CT 06405
203.488.9311

The public is invited to Bill Miller’s Castle in Branford from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4 for a special book fair that offers books, authors and much more.

Attendees will be able to:
– meet and talk with authors in a casual setting
– enjoy interactive story-telling by MouseMuse Productions
– enjoy live entertainment, hors d’oeuvres and beverages

Tickets are $20, with a portion to benefit Read to Grow. (Please bring a new or gently used children’s book to donate ...

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From logo to website, we have freshened and updated our Read to Grow presentations. The new website:

• better explains our work and how we do it;
• provides easy access to forms of all kinds — whether you want to request free books, volunteer, find a Book Place, or make a donation;
• presents the significant ways in which Read to Grow is growing, collaborating with nonprofits, and responding to needs of children and families.

The website is optimized ...

It’s a large-scale, free, community-wide event at the Davis Street Arts and Academics Magnet School in New Haven, open to children and their families.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be food, information tables, crafts, music, costumed characters, and readings and book-signings by authors and illustrators of children’s books.

The purpose of the festival is to provide an opportunity for children ...