Read Across Brooklyn’s mission is to inspire students to find the joy and fun in reading. Volunteer readers present engaging books to spark imaginative and curious discussions. This year-round initiative is aimed to motivate students to read, promote literacy, encourage creative thought, and share stories they can see themselves in.

Read Across America Day Events

In celebration of Read Across America Day, volunteers from BSE Global and Qatar Airways stopped by Public School 147 to read to students and gift them with books and giveaway items. Volunteers then visited the Brooklyn Book Bodega where they sorted, stamped and packed books to be distributed to children within upcoming school visits. Brooklyn Book Bodega provides access to and ownership of books, builds community, and creates a passion for learning through free events and literacy-based community programming.

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2023 Read Across Brooklyn Recap

On February 1, in celebration of World Read Aloud Day and as part of Read Across Brooklyn, presented by Qatar Airways, volunteers from BSE Global, Qatar Airways and the Harlem Globetrotters, stopped by P.S. 40, George Washington Carver, to read to students. World Read Aloud Day has called attention to the importance of sharing stories by challenging participants to grab a book, find an audience, and read-aloud! Brooklyn Nets player Dru Smith also stopped by to read to a classroom.

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