We’re so excited to announce that Whoopi Goldberg teamed up with Dylan’s Candy Bar in support of our cause! Purchase of limited edition milk and dark chocolate bars and candy tackle boxes will benefit Project Cicero. Don’t miss the opportunity to bring home a one-of-a-kind self-portrait candy mosaic created by Whoopi Goldberg! Bid on this sweet masterpiece …
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Project Cicero relaunched its Facebook page in November 2016, and since then it has garnered nearly 500 followers! The new page has showcased the hard-working members of our board of directors as well as volunteers from all around New York City. It functions as a news site for Project Cicero happenings, and most importantly, documents …
Project Cicero Bay Area ran its third annual book drive in 2017, collecting and distributing approximately 25,000 books to 200 pre-school through high school teachers from San Francisco, East Bay, and San Jose. In its first three years Project Cicero Bay Area has distributed 70,000 books to under-resourced classrooms in the Bay Area. Project Cicero …
Project Cicero was thrilled to exceed the 3 million mark at its annual event in March 2017! More than 1,200 teachers from under-resourced NYC schools selected hundreds of books for their classrooms. To date, Project Cicero has distributed 3,250,000 books to 20,000 under-resourced NYC classrooms. Many thanks to our partners—The New York Society Library, Vornado …
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Project Cicero was selected as the model for Bookwave, an annual nonprofit book drive in Athens, Greece. The annual event is held at the Benaki Museum in partnership with the Bodossaki Foundation and Library4all. Bookwave‘s aim is to collect books for elementary school libraries and childcare institutions in Athens and Attica, Greece. We wish them many years of …
Project Cicero is grateful for a generous contribution of books from the estate of Diane Wolkstein. Wolkstein was a storyteller, a folklorist and the author of 23 books. She revived the art of telling stories, concentrating on the folklore and mythology of countries all over the world. She was the official New York City storyteller from 1968-1971, establishing …
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We thank Morgan Stanley for hosting employee book drives at their New York City headquarters and for organizing dozens of volunteers who assisted at the distribution site. Morgan Stanley also organized a “virtual” book drive, which raised more than $4,000 for new books through First Book.
Project Cicero is proud to be recognized as a major reuser/recyler in New York City in the Materials Exchange Development Program’s Reuse Study prepared by The City College of New York and funded by the NYC Department of Sanitation.
In March, John Froehlich celebrated his Bar Mitzvah. As part of that celebration, he asked guests to support Project Cicero in lieu of gifts. We appreciate the generosity of John and his family.
Project Cicero is a recipient of a grant from The Lemberg Foundation and Esme Usdan.
