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By: Brian Minter,
on 2/8/2011
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![Volunteers from Barclays Capital read to kids at New York City’s Gramercy School at a First Book event Volunteers from Barclays Capital read to kids at New York City’s Gramercy School at a First Book event](http://blog.firstbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CIMG3219-300x225.jpg)
On Thursday, some of our staffers met up with volunteers from Barclays Capital for a reading event at the YAI Network‘s Gramercy School in New York City. The preschool serves children ages 3-5 who have developmental disabilities and/or learning delays.
The kids especially enjoyed In the Snow, Bear About Town and stories from Eric Carle’s All Around Us collection. Barclays volunteers also participated in classroom lessons that the Gramercy teachers developed specifically for the occasion, like making sure that Bear was ready to go to town by helping glue his scarf, jacket and boots on.
Best of all, every child at the event received a backpack with three brand-new books to keep.
These books are part of Barclays’ ongoing commitment to helping First Book bring books to children from low-income communities. Thanks to their support, we’ll be launching a special section dedicated to financial literacy and college readiness on the First Book Marketplace next month.
Learn more about this event here.