Literacy in Community (LINC) is proud to announce that we have been named an Official Charity Partner for the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon, which takes place Sunday, November 3 and is produced annually by the nonprofit New York Road Runners (NYRR). LINC will be among the record 598 official charity partners providing thousands […]

Whether you “Take the A Train” or a harbor cruise on the Staten Island ferry, you will be in good company on July 16th. That’s the day Literacy in Community (LINC), an award-winning early literacy nonprofit, will hold its 10th annual Reading on the Rails: On the Move event. Presented in partnership with One World […]

READERS & LEADERS What happens when the annual city budget tug-of-war seriously threatens the very programs that the evidence from study after study confirms will improve educational outcomes and help to build a more equitable city? Especially when those reductions in funding affect our youngest children? Little kids can’t speak for themselves. YOU MOBILIZE! Thank […]

On Friday June 7th, LINC was honored to participate in Deloitte Impact Day 2024. Led by Board Member Will Estilo, Deloitte sent 22 volunteers, up to New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx for “Garden Stories in Wonderland”.  Volunteers jumped right in and helped with tasks big and small – from directing families to the Mertz Library […]

We are used to counting steps on our FitBit® devices, but how often do we stop to think about the many steps it takes for a child to learn to read? Just like staying fit, learning to read is hard work and takes a lot of steps.  On Tuesday, June 6th, partner organizations from City’s First […]

What do we want? Early Literacy! When do we want it? NOW! On Thursday morning, June 6, Councilmembers Jennifer Gutiérrez and Shahana Hanif joined the passionate partners of City’s First Readers (CFR)* for a press conference on the steps of City Hall and proudly chanted those words.  The goal was loud and clear as they called for $6.5 million […]

$6.5 million request would expand vital literacy programming for the youngest New Yorkers New York, NY – The partners of the City’s First Readers (CFR) initiative and Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez will host a rally on City Hall steps calling for $6.5 million in funding to support early childhood literacy programming in the Fiscal 2025 Adopted […]

$6.5 million request would expand vital literacy programming for the youngest New Yorkers  The partners of the City’s First Readers (CFR) initiative and Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez will host a rally on City Hall steps calling for $6.5 million in funding to support early childhood literacy programming in the Fiscal 2025 Adopted Budget. CFR harnesses […]

Photography by Matthew Sussman. Wow, what a night! Thank you to everyone who made LINC’s 2024 Spring Gala a huge success. We raised over $775,000 and counting to continue helping thousands of young children become lifelong readers! Watch the video we shared at the gala, featuring our incredible volunteer and LINC Very Involved Parent (VIP), Sandra Patricio. We were joined […]

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On Saturday, April 20, Literacy in Community (LINC) and Fidelis Care concluded our 4th annual Diversity Through Literacy campaign with resounding success at the Bronx Library Center!  LINC’s Diversity Through Literacy campaign recognizes the power of children’s literature to celebrate diversity in all forms and sharing different cultures is only one of the ways we do […]

A big thank you to our friends at Encantos for their continued support of the work we do to empower families as they build a strong foundation of early literacy skills with their children.  Encantos is a children’s educational and entertainment company with a purpose and a generous corporate partner. Encantos has donated hundreds of books […]

Please join us in welcoming our newest class of Very Involved Parents (VIPs), hailing from our LINC neighborhood in South Jamaica, Queens! On Wednesday, February 14th, LINC staff and caregivers gathered together in the library of P.S. 48Q The David N. Dinkins School for a graduation ceremony honoring a group of LINC volunteers who are […]

“I have known all my life that building and strengthening communities is one of the best ways to help children, my own and everyone else’s.”– Mimi Levin Lieber This year was marked with many milestones for Literacy in Community (LINC)!  We paid tribute to our founder, Mimi Levin Lieber, by embracing the word “community” in […]

April is Diversity Month and we are thrilled to launch our latest PIX 11 Public Service Announcement (PSA) as we begin our 4th annual Diversity Through Literacy campaign! Since 2021, Literacy in Community (LINC) has partnered with Fidelis Health Care to present Diversity Through Literacy, an annual campaign recognizing the power children’s literature has to […]

We know that families are busy and there isn’t always time to sit down and read a book, which is why City’s First Readers (CFR)* helps families find ways to bring reading activities into daily chores and provides a wide variety of free and fun literacy programs across the five boroughs. There is a CFR […]

Literacy in Community (LINC), an early childhood literacy non-profit, and Fidelis Care, a New York State health plan, announced its fourth year of the Diversity Through Literacy campaign. Started in 2021, Diversity Through Literacy is an annual campaign recognizing the power of children’s literature to celebrate diversity in all forms by representing unheard voices, embracing […]

On Wednesday, March 6 LINC’s dynamic Content & Delivery Team made history again with their annual Wear Your Crown virtual program. Wear Your Crown is a special event that takes place every March in honor of Women’s History Month and pays tribute to all of the women in our lives.  This year’s program included a bilingual […]