Lillian McGee, Verizon’s Regional Director of Public Affairs, visited participants in the Verizon-funded program “This Family Reads!” at The Urban Collaborative Accelerated Program (UCAP). UCAP received a $10,000 grant from Verizon to develop these reading clubs in Spanish and English for UCAP’s middle school students and their parents. The program helps students and family members improve their literacy skills by reading and discussing the books together.

McGee noted that Verizon is committed to supporting literacy programs.

 “Technology has revolutionized how we live, learn and work. To participate in today's knowledge economy, people need a level of literacy and education that is unprecedented in history,”  said McGee.

 According to Rob DeBlois, founder/director of UCAP,

“These programs are essential to giving our students “an equal playing field” from which to succeed in high school.”

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