THOUSANDS OF BOOKS DONATED TO
AFTERSCHOOL STUDENTS IN NEW JERSEY
IN HONOR OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
New Jersey After 3 stays on course with 2012
"Road to Literacy" campaign
New Jersey After 3, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving and expanding learning time in New Jersey, is embarking on its 3rd annual Road to Literacy campaign. Thanks to generous support from Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Reading is Fundamental (RIF), and AT&T – students in afterschool programs throughout the state of New Jersey will participate in a “Semester of Service”, commencing on Martin Luther King Day through Global Youth Service Day (April 20-22, 2012). Participating afterschool programs will also honor New Jersey After 3’s READS! literacy initiative – aimed to keep kids on a positive Road to Literacy throughout their lives.
Over fifty corporate volunteers from Enterprise Rent-A-Car participated in the Martin Luther King "Road to Literacy" kickoff celebration on January 17, 2012. Volunteers visited the following NJ After 3 READS! supported afterschool programs and gave students more than 2200 books that were collected as donations at 115 participating Enterprise Rent-A-Car locations throughout the holiday season.
Kids Corporation - Newark Educators' Community Charter School
Newark, NJ
Kimball Medical Center - Ella G Clark School Lakewood, NJ
Morristown Neighborhood House
Frelinghuysen Middle School
Morristown, NJ
NJCDC - Paterson Public School #5
Paterson, NJ
Enterprise Rent-A-Car also worked with New Jersey After 3 to create 2012 “Dream Journals” (as featured in picture above) that were also disseminated to each afterschool student. This customized literacy tool was designed with inspiration from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream” speech – and was presented to students as part of a motivational activity – encouraging them to use their creative writing skills to record their own hopes and dreams!
“Our partnership with New Jersey After3 through the Semester of Service the past three years has been a very rewarding experience for us. The book drive and book fairs have been a great opportunity for us to model Dr. King’s commitment to community service by volunteering at local schools and help to develop literacy in many of the same communities where our employees and their families live and work,” – Terrick Smalls, Area Manager, Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
More About New Jersey After 3 READS! in 2012
Through innovative partnerships with Reading is Fundamental, and the Foundation for Newark’s Future and First Book, New Jersey After 3’s 2012 READS! initiative has been instrumental in the distribution of more than 141,000 free, NEW books to over 33,000 children throughout New Jersey. Research indicates that literacy programs implemented in afterschool programs, like New Jersey After 3’s READS!, can improve students’ achievement in reading and language arts and foster their appreciation for reading as a lifelong behavior.
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