Pitney Bowes and Let's Get Ready

Pitney Bowes Literacy and Education Fund Awards a $20,000 Grant to Support Let’s Get Ready

The Pitney Bowes Literacy and Education Fund awarded a $20,000 grant to Let’s Get Ready (LGR) to expand its programs and help more students reach college success. This grant will make it possible for Let’s Get Ready to provide free SAT preparation, one-on-one college advising, and financial aid workshops to under-served high school juniors and seniors in the tri-state area.

AnnMarie Krihwan, Director of the Pitney Bowes Literacy and Education Fund, presented the grant to Let’s Get Ready at the Barnard College/A. Philip Randolph Campus High School’s LGR graduation ceremony in Harlem on December 8th, 2005. Receiving the check were Lauri Novick (LGR’s Executive Director), students from A. Philip Randolph Campus High School, college student volunteers from Barnard College, and staff members of LGR and A. Philip Randolph High School.

“We are very excited to partner with Let’s Get Ready which is a very worthy organization. The Pitney Bowes Literacy and Education Fund provides youth with the essential literacy and education skills that are the building blocks of communication and community well-being and Let’s Get Ready aligns with our mission."

“With the support of the Pitney Bowes Literacy and Education Fund, Let’s Get Ready will be able to serve exponentially more low-income and under-represented high school students," said Lauri Novick, Executive Director of LGR. “College is the path out of poverty, and this partnership with Pitney Bowes is critical to supporting ambitious students – making college dreams a reality.”

Pitney Bowes Literacy and Education Fund:

The Pitney Bowes Literacy and Education Fund is a private foundation whose mission is to provide funding to literacy and education initiatives in key locations where Pitney Bowes has a significant presence. For information about the Pitney Bowes Literacy and Education Fund, Click Here.