Champion Awards
Every year, LINC reviews applications from existing and new community partners. Applicants are expected to describe ideas for initiating or expanding early literacy programs for children. LINC rewards the community partner with the best ideas with small cash grants called Champion Awards. These cash grants are used for outreach to children and their families, recognizing volunteers or participants and essential program supplies.
2010 Literacy Inc. Champion Award Winners
PS 64 - Bronx
Ada Cortes, Parent Coordinator
Program: Monthly Mommy and Me
Ada Cortes, Very Involved Parent - Bronx
Program: Weekly Reading Corner at the local laundromat
Milagros Mendez, Very Involved Parent - Bronx
Program: Literacy event attached to a weekly reading program
New Horizons Middle School - Brooklyn
Corrine Contrino, Parent Coordinator
Program: Siblings as Reading Partners
NYPL Harlem Branch - Manhattan
Crystal McKay, Librarian Manager
Program: Monthly Pajama Night Story Time
YM/YWHA of Washington Heights/Inwood - Manhattan
Angela Scardina, Literacy Program Director
Program: Weekly McDonald's reading program with literacy activities
2009 Literacy Inc. Champion Award Winners
New York Public Library, Stapleton Branch - Staten Island
Jennifer Morris, Senior Children’s Librarian
Program: "Author Time"
PS 189 - Manhattan
Silvia Suero, Parent Coordinator
Program: "Family Literacy Program"
Stapleton Senior Center – Staten Island
Glenda Martinez
Program: "Intergenerational Reading Program"
Stapleton U.A.M.E. Church - Staten Island
Mamie Daniels, Coordinator of Outreach Ministry
Program: "Kids Café Reading Buddy Program"
Fundacion Profesor Juan Bosch - Manhattan
Santos Acevedo
Program: "Honoring Pro. Bosch through the Art of Story Telling"
Very Involved Parent (VIP)
Carmen Casas
Program: "Promoting L.I.O.N. (Literacy In Our Neighborhood)"
Very Involved Parent (VIP)
Rafael Matos
Program: "Read to Succeed"
Padres En Marcha - Manhattan
Maria Class, VIP Parent
Program: "Hang Around Readers"
