Mayor Harp to Join Students, United Way, Yale New Haven Health to Kickoff Region’s Largest Read Across America Event
NEW HAVEN—Join us this Friday morning (March 1, 2019) for a brief photo opportunity and celebration with local elementary students, Mayor Toni Harp, and officials from United Way and Yale New Haven Health. In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, over the next week, United Way is matching volunteer readers with classrooms at eight schools across the towns of Branford, Hamden, New Haven, Orange, and West Haven. Our goals are to foster a love for reading in these children at a young age, and to make reading fun!
WHAT: Kickoff press conference in New Haven
WHEN: Friday, March 1, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Strong School, 130 Orchard St., New Haven, CT
WHO: United Way of Greater New Haven, Strong School Students, Mayor Toni Harp, and Yale New Haven Health
OUR 2019 READ ACROSS AMERICA SPONSORS AND PARTNERS: Yale New Haven Health, Comcast, Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce, Ion Bank Foundation, Marcum, Quinnipiac University, Start Community Bank, The Children's Museum, Tyco Print and Promo, City of New Haven, Town of Hamden, Town of Branford, City of West Haven, and Town of Orange.
About United Way of Greater New Haven:
At United Way, we bring people and organizations together to create solutions to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Health, and Financial Stability. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group working alone. Learn more at uwgnh.org.
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