Support Summer Reading at the Pratt Library

It's not really a secret that I love books. I've been fortunate enough to grow up in a family that prioritized reading and brought me to the New York Public Library regularly so that I could expand my horizons and learn about new cultures and experiences. Even at camp, my family kept me flush with books through packages so that I never stopped learning.

Now that I'm in Baltimore, I'd like to be able to do the same for local kids through the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

By supporting our fundraiser, you can help benefit the Pratt's Summer Challenge program which keeps kids engaged in reading all summer long. For your reference, $75 covers one child and provides them with books and programming through an incentive and theme-based program that encourages children and teens to read and learn. To make it fun, children enjoy performances and presentations by musicians, artists, dancers, magicians, storytellers, museum staff and more.

Summer Challenge programs help reduce "summer slide," a loss of academic skills that students may experience in July in August. This loss is nearly impossible to make up, compounds over time, and particularly impacts children in under-served communities.

I'd love to raise $450 - however, any amount you can donate to my page will help me reach our goal!