Read Ahead

🎉Exciting news this holiday week: Read Ahead is #hiring! Are you a passionate, organized professional who loves supporting staff and maintaining efficient processes? We're hiring for our next Manager, Operations & Program Support! We're seeking a flexible, proactive problem-solver with excellent organizational and communication skills. If you're excited to contribute to a growing organization, we hope you will apply! Please submit all applications on our website: https://lnkd.in/g57MYFvH Please share with your networks! #nonprofitjobs

Appreciate teachers every day! We've had a great time at our partner schools the past few weeks putting on Teacher Appreciation Breakfast and Lunches. It's been a great opportunity to gift fun Read Ahead swag, share the program's impact on students, and discuss best practices and insights in preparation for the next school year. We are grateful for the strong partnership we have with teachers and school staff across Read Ahead schools and all they do for our students. Pictured here are Read Ahead Staff members Anna, Jose, Shay, and Jamilia at P.S. 111 and P.S. 67.

We had a blast celebrating with the Read Ahead Junior Board at their culminating Read-A-Thon Happy Hour at Blue Haven South! They raised $75,000 and counting to support programming for Read Ahead students. A special thank you to co-chairs Andrew Brimmer Max DeLott Event Lead Beth Codey and the Planning Committee who helped us lead such a successul campaign vastly exceeding our goal. Thank you to the entire Junior Board and all the teams who contributed to this result. And thank you to our staff who made this campaign and event possible!

Our partnership with the Read Ahead mentorship program began over a decade ago, in which Morgan Lewis volunteers have read with children to aid Read Ahead’s mission of promoting literacy among children in underserved communities. In recognition of this partnership, our network of more than 60 global volunteers was recently celebrated at the Read Ahead 2024 Gala. “This growth reflects not only our commitment to empowering change through children’s literacy, but also our firm’s profound dedication to community engagement—a central tenet of our firm’s culture,” remarked partner Patricia Brennan while accepting the Corporate Honoree award on behalf of the firm. “As mentors, we not only impart knowledge but also draw inspiration from our mentees’ boundless creativity and curiosity, often receiving far more than we give.” Together, we will continue to grow our mentorship relationships with the smallest among us, empowering young minds through literacy.

We're loving these happy pictures of mentors and mentees closing out some of the final 2023-2024 school year sessions. We're so proud of all Read Ahead students!

We’re excited to spotlight our mentor-mentee pair Tara & Amelia for Marsh McLennan’s Global Volunteer Month! Scroll through to see pictures from Tara & Amelia’s time reading, learning, and having fun together, and Tara’s reflections on being a mentor. Program Manager Dani Davis also shared her observations about the pair: “Amelia is always so excited to meet with her mentor! Tara is so supportive and encouraging, which boosts Amelia’s reading confidence. You can tell they genuinely enjoy each session and the stories they get to share!” Many, many thanks to Marsh McLennan for their generous, ongoing support and steadfast belief in our work and commitment to NYC youth.

Last week, we celebrated our annual gala at Guastavino's, honoring Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and Principal Amy Hom of P.S. 1 Alfred E. Smith Elementary School. We're pleased to share that we have raised $909,000 and counting to support our reading-based mentoring program in NYC public schools, making it our biggest gala ever. We could not be more grateful for our incredible sponsors and supporters who made this result possible. Enjoy the photos from the event here: https://lnkd.in/eSjW8M2b

We are just a few days away from Read Ahead's annual Books & Beyond Gala being held at Guastavino's on Monday, May 6! 🥂 We are thrilled to honor long-time corporate partner Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and recognize Amy Hom, Principal of P.S. 1 Alfred E. Smith Elementary School. We look forward to a special evening highlighting our reading-based mentoring program at public elementary schools in NYC. We're also looking forward to a competitive night of silent auction bidding! An incredible thank you to our Board of Directors, Junior Board members, generous supporters, and corporate table sponsors AEA Investors LP Alston & Bird Alvarez & Marsal Arora Engineers Bloomberg BMO Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP DLA Piper EY Fried Frank Hachette Book Group Houlihan Lokey Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins Macquarie Capital Milbank LLP Morrison Cohen LLP MORRISON & FOERSTER FOUNDATION Paul Hastings Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Penguin Random House Proskauer Rose LLP SilverBox Capital LLC Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates Sidley Austin LLP TD Securities Teneo Virtual Technologies Group Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Winston & Strawn LLP You can support the gala by making a donation here: https://lnkd.in/ekKhAmMG

During #NationalReadingMonth and always, we are grateful for our partnership with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and to the dedicated volunteers who help make our program possible!

During #NationalReadingMonth and always, we are grateful for our partnership with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and to the dedicated volunteers who help make our program possible!