Students meet their Book Buddies
Learning Leaders matches kids with corporate friends
Students from two Brooklyn schools – PS 241 in Crown Heights and Intermediate School 392 in Brownsville – got the chance to meet their Book Buddies, volunteers from corporate America who have spent the past six months encouraging them to read more books.
The kids met with their mentors at parties that took place earlier this month.
Book Buddies is a program run by Learnung Leaders, a non-profit organization that works to promote the enjoyment of reading to give students a chance to develop critical thinking skills so that they can develop confidence and communication skills.
The Brooklyn students teamed up with Disney, ESPN, and Pfizer to participate in the Book Buddies literary enrichment program.