Cisco Systems and Bring Me A Book Partner to Donate Libraries at Bronx's Mohegan School
Posted on: Thursday, 28 February 2008, 06:00 CST
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Bring Me A Book, an award winning literacy nonprofit, and Cisco's Customer Advocacy group will conduct a ribbon cutting ceremony March 4 to commemorate the donation of ten Bookcase Libraries to Bronx's Mohegan School. The ceremony will feature the presentation of the libraries from Cisco System's Senior Manager of Executive Communication, Naomi Chavez and Bring Me A Book's Director of Development, Donovan Cook.
The installation of ten wooden bookcases filled with forty children's hardcover books was funded through Cisco's Customer Advocacy auction for Bring Me A Book. Comprised of over 100 individual employee donations, Cisco's Customer Advocacy's group has enabled Bring Me A Book to rapidly expand the placement of literature and literacy training programs in areas lacking the funding and resources to ensure promotion of early reading skills. New York's Mohegan School is one of sixty sites to have received a Bookcase Library from late 2007 through early 2008, and is the first site in New York to benefit from Bring Me A Book's early literacy programs. In all, the collaborative literacy focused partnership has impacted over 2,000 children.
"Giving back is part of Cisco's DNA," says George O'Meara, Senior Vice President Cisco Customer Advocacy. "Bring Me A Book Foundation is a perfect fit for our focus on helping out a small, but growing nonprofit organization which is committed to bringing the gift of reading to children."
Comprised of a diverse ethnic school population, Mohegan School is dedicated to providing all children with an education enabling them to be life-long learners and contributing members of their community. Cisco System's ten donated libraries will benefit children in the preschool and kindergarten classrooms.
"Studies prove that children who have early exposure to reading and books do better in school," says Dianne Calvi, President of Bring Me A Book, "The key is access to quality books, and that is where the partnership between Bring Me A Book and Cisco Systems is making an impact. Bring Me A Book and Cisco are providing a critical resource that will help the school provide these children with an optimal educational experience."
Serving children and families in 14 states and 8 countries throughout the world, Bring Me A Book (http://www.bringmeabook.org/) serves preschools, childcare centers, health clinics, homeless shelters and the work place. For additional media inquiries please contact Erin Smith at esmith@bringmeabook.org.
Bring Me A Book
CONTACT: Erin Smith of Bring Me A Book, +1-650-625-5000, ext. 224,esmith@bringmeabook.org
Web site: http://www.bringmeabook.org/
Source: PRNewswire
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