Learning Through Literacy

New Boston Fund supported literacy in the Greater Hartford region by supplying free warehouse space at 100 Pearl St. in Hartford to house donated books for the Greater Hartford Literacy Council. Hartford youth workers of the Summer Youth Employment and Learning Program (SYELP), prepared 20,000 books for distribution through this program. Pictured, from left, are: Isaiah Padgett, youth worker, SYELP; Denise Coulbourne, youth worker, SYELP; Renee Thompson, intern, Greater Hartford Literacy Council; Jerome McPherson, youth worker, SYELP; Candace Waterhouse, tenant service coordinator, New Boston Fund; and Carl Guerriere, executive director and literacy advocate, Greater Hartford Literacy Council.