Annual Benefit

Celebrating Community Champions

Join us for a festive cocktail reception and silent auction to help build literacy-rich communities throughout New York City.

2010 LINC Honorees

Susan Straub: Founder of The Read to Me Program, which offers a series of hands-on activities and supervised practice sessions that guides teen parents and other new mothers to read with their babies.  Susan is an author, clinical social worker, and presenter on the importance of sharing books to pleasurably and meaningfully strengthen the parent-child bond. Click here to read an excerpt from Susan's 2002 profile in O, The Oprah Magazine.

Christopher Cerf: Renowned author, composer, music producer, and Muppet voice actor, Christopher has spent more than three decades promoting reading and learning skills for children.  Among his many achievements, Christopher created the Between the Lions series for PBS to encourage children to get "wild about reading" by visiting their local libraries.  Click here for a summary of Christopher's numerous creative works.

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Special advance ticket rates valid through September 17, 2010.

To reserve sponsorship, journal advertisements, or to donate items for our silent auction, please email benefit@lincnyc.org or call 347.504.3122

About LINC

LINC's programs are a catalyst for a cycle of community development, which begins by engaging its members in helping their children become better readers.  When a child reads, a community succeeds. 

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