Annual Benefit

Annual Benefit READ 718 Reads! Giving Tuesday

Thank you to all who have attended our Annual Benefit and Celebration! Each spring we come together to celebrate the work of our READers, volunteers, and supporters and to raise essential funds for the year to come.

annual benefit 2024: GET IN THE GAME!

Featured Speakers: Marc Theobald, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams

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ANNUAL BENEFIT 2023

Featured Speakers: Mike Albo, Manoush Zomorodi, and Robert Jones, Jr.

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annual benefit 2022

Honoree: David Adams

Performers: Dean Edwards, DJ Zaki

virtual benefit 2021

Honoree, Inspiring READers for Life Award: Jacqueline Woodson

Performers: Dion Flynn, Lili Taylor, DJ Zaki

annual benefit 2019

Honoree, Inspiring READers for Life Award: Andrea Davis Pinkney

Performers: Dean Edwards, Bill Posley, Sharon Van Etten