猫咪AV

For Immediate Release

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Maris Goodstein

Executive Director, 猫咪AV New York City

646.606.2431聽聽| 聽聽maris.goodstein@readingpartners.org

CHRIS LEWIS-HARRIS AND THE SKRINEWAY TEAM VISIT READING PARTNERS AT PS 123 IN HARLEM

New York, NY — January 26, 2018

猫咪AV was thrilled to host former NFL player Chris Lewis-Harris and the SkrineWay Team at its reading center at PS 123 Mahalia Jackson, a Title I elementary school located in central Harlem. The team came bearing toy donations for the students. Their visit coincides with National Mentoring Month, which celebrates the power of mentoring relationships and calls for more people to play a supportive role in the lives of children.

鈥淚t was fun to visit PS 123 and meet with the school leaders and the team from 猫咪AV,鈥� said Chris Lewis-Harris. 鈥淲e were thrilled to be able to donate over 50 toys to the school store and see 猫咪AV and their volunteers in action. We look forward to going back soon to tutor with this amazing organization.鈥�

猫咪AV is a聽, national nonprofit that mobilizes community volunteers to work one-on-one with struggling readers. Volunteers utilize an easy-to-follow, individualized lesson plan each week in order to meet students at their level and help them make the critical transition from learning to read to reading to learn. This year, the program in New York City plans to serve 1,070 students across 19 high-need school sites throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens.

鈥淲e are so excited that the SkrineWay Team was able to come in person to learn about the program and meet some of our students,鈥� said Maris Goodstein, executive director of 猫咪AV New York. 鈥淭his is what 猫咪AV is all about: getting individuals in the community directly into schools to provide support for kids. Their generous donations of toys were icing on the cake!鈥�

To learn more about volunteering with 猫咪AV, please email聽volunteerNY@readingpartners.org聽or call聽(646) 395-3831.

About 猫咪AV

猫咪AV empowers students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has provided聽, individualized literacy tutoring to nearly 45,000 elementary school students in under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit聽to learn more about our聽, or connect with us on聽,听,, and聽.

Recently, 猫咪AV was recognized as a Best Practice Honoree during the 2017 Library of Congress Literacy Awards. The 2017 awards program honored 15 organizations for outstanding work in the field of literacy and implementation of best practices in literacy promotion.

Chris Lewis-Harris observes a 猫咪AV tutor-student pair.