Read NYC Festival is one for the books
It was a good day for young bookworms-in-training at Pier 1 at Brooklyn Bridge Park, which hosted the Fifth Annual Community Festival on October 5.
This year, the activities featured a new educational event entitled, “Read NYC: A Festival for Brighter Futures,” which focused on teaching children not only to read but also develop a passion for it. The activity also helped raise awareness for the ”Campaign for Grade Level Reading,” a nonprofit foundation that dedicates itself to helping low-income families succeed in school and making sure that children reach grade level reading by the end of the third grade.
“Two thousand books were given away and over 30 non-profit organizations were on hand to provide information and resources to festival-goers,” said Eric Katzman, account executive of The TASC group, who served as a spokesperson for the event.