Put Your Name on the Pajama Program`s NEW Reading Center! The

Founder/Executive Director
Genevieve Piturro
Put Your Name on the Pajama Program’s NEW Reading Center!
Board of Directors
Nick Berger
Director, Newmark Knight
Frank
Aaron Boyajian, Esq.
Goetz Fitzpatrick LLP
Susan Brown
Director, Community Relations
Uncle Sam's Army Navy Deals
Judith K Campbell, M.S.
Healthcare Advisor
Andrez Carberry
Attorney at Law
Fox Rothschild LLP
Jamie Dyce
Associate, Duane Morris LLP
Hillary Gauthier
Mom
Jennifer Granger
Mom
Betsy Howie
Manager of Special Promotions
and Author Relations
Scholastic Book Clubs
Shelley M. Levine, CIC
Executive Vice President
Bollinger, Inc.
Sharon Marantz Walsh
Event Planner
Kelly McGarrity
Store Team Leader
Target
Akshay S. Nadkarni,
V.P. Achelous Partners, LLC
Michelle Nelson, SPHR
Senior Director,
Human Resources- North
Sam’s Club
Lisa M. Rossi, CFP
Executive Vice President
LEXCO Wealth Management,
Inc.
Advisory Board
William C. Bell
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Mercedes Ellington
The New York based non-profit Pajama Program reached a milestone last year by providing
one million new pajamas and new books to children in need in New York City and across the
country. Our Reading Room plays an important role in helping local children – every year for
the past ten years over 1,000 children have enjoyed special one-on-one reading sessions with
volunteers at our current space at 34 East 39th St. The waitlist of children wanting to read at
the center has grown huge and we want to accommodate all of them.
We are moving to a larger space to provide this special experience for 3,000 children who
will now be able to participate! You have to see the huge smiles on the children’s faces when
they receive what is often their very first pair of PJs and their very own new book! Many
write us touching thank-you notes that we hold on to and treasure.
We are seeking special funding to support this specific endeavor for the children and are
thrilled to announce Naming opportunities for our new Pajama Program Reading Center!
Giving children their own books offers them a continued early reading experience. Most of
the children we serve have been removed from school for long periods of time and do not
have access to books to continue their reading practice. Their reading skills are far lower than
their peers. Providing these children reading practice and their own books offers them a
continued early reading experience they desperately need. The children live at or below the
poverty level and are living in orphanages, group homes, homeless shelters and City and
State-operated living quarters. They look forward to their regular visits to our Reading
Center, as do our volunteers and staff.
Children visit in groups of 5-30. We read to the children individually and in groups. The
reading sessions are 45 minutes each, followed by snacks, and then distribution of new
pajamas and a book which are wrapped individually marked with each child’s name.
At the end of their visit the children always ask us,
“When do we have to give these back?”
“Never,” we are thrilled to tell them!
Patti LaBelle
Dylan Lauren
Peter Martino
Soledad O’Brien
Katherine Oliver
Alice Quirk
Valerie Simpson
Jacky Teplitzky
Ivana Trump
Nydia Velazquez
Countess Nubia Braschi
Francesca Braschi-Gumina
Please help us make our new, bigger Pajama Program Reading Center a beautiful haven for
children in need here in New York City! Attached are the Naming levels for your review.
Thank you.
Pajama Program Reading Center Naming and Donor Opportunities
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
Name on Star on Ceiling
Name on Book Spine on Mural Book Tower
Name on Pajama on Mural
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
3 Year Commitment
$10,000/year
$15,000/year
$25,000/year
$50,000/year
Naming Rights:
Naming Rights:
Naming Rights:
Naming Rights:
Total
Book Nook or Pajama Rama
Teen Scene
Children's Gallery Room
Reading Room
$30,000
$45,000
$75,000
$150,000
One Time Donations: Name in Founding Sponsors Gift Registry
(Please Circle One)
$500 $500 $1000
$2,500
$5,000
$10,000
Other
______
For larger one-time donations, and exclusivities, please contact
Genevieve Piturro 212.716.9757
Reading Room
This is the place where the children will spend their time at Pajama Program! There are always delightful
squeals, and loud oohs and ahhs when they enter the big room that seems to spontaneously embrace them with
love and affection. Our Reading Room walls have giant, vibrant murals with characters that look as if they
could come to life any minute… bookshelves filled with enchanting books for all ages … and stacks of soft,
cozy pajamas with the children’s favorite characters on them! The floor is covered with soft mats so the
children can settle down and relax with the books they choose to read.
Children visit our Reading Center regularly in groups of 20-30. We invite volunteers to read with them and
always hope to have one volunteer per child for optimum benefit to each child. The reading sessions last 45 -60
minutes, followed by snacks, and then the most anticipated part of the session – the presentation to each child,
one by one by name, of a specially chosen pair of new pajamas and a new book tied in a pretty ribbon! This
presentation is exciting for the children as they wait to hear their names called, and then walk up to the
volunteer to take their gift amidst resounding applause! The children are then told they can go to the
bookshelves and choose more books to take with them.
We have been attending the Pajama Program since October, 2010. The children have improved in their
listening skills, and their love for books. Each month, the children look forward to the monthly read. In
October when we started the program, some of the children appeared withdrawn, shy, and others even cried. In
our observation of the class, during our once a month visits, we saw growth in each individual child. They
began to get excited about the program, especially when they a receive a new book, and pajamas! Stephanie
Campbell and Yokasta Luna, Mid-Bronx Head Start
Children’s Gallery Room
Hundreds of photos, drawings, notes and cards from children who have received books and pajamas and who
have visited our Pajama Program Reading Center are on display in our Children’s Gallery Room. The walls are
jam-packed with bright, hand-colored letters and pictures that give us a sense of joy and compassion as we read
each one.
Book Nook
The Book Nook is the area of our Reading Room where the bookshelves and stacks of bedtime stories are
waiting for the children! Giving children their own books offers them a continued early reading experience. Our
books and reading time serve the added role of providing a resource for bed-time stories – an important element
in fostering a nurturing climate for the children. The children visit our Center for reading sessions. They receive
several books to keep and a brand new pair of pajamas. We work regularly with hundreds of facilities to
distribute books and to help the children improve their reading skills.
Pajama Rama
Lots of pajamas fill this area of the Reading Room as we wait for the children’s sessions to begin! Many of you
have met some of our children…read to them…helped them put on their pajamas right away – even if it’s 12
noon. They just want to put them on because they’re clean and warm … and they fit just right.
Too many of the children who read at our Pajama Program Reading Center have been abused and neglected…
never knowing what it’s like to have a mom or dad to tuck them into bed at night. The pajamas we give them
help them feel loved and comforted – like a good night hug.
Pajamas on Mural
Our artist is designing a string of pajamas to look like they’re hanging in the breeze on our mural wall! Your
company name, your name, or a child’s name, will be drawn on one of the pajamas.
Books on Mural Book Tower
Our artist is drawing stacks of our children’s favorite books for our mural! Bedtime storybooks, nursery rhymes,
adventure books, mysteries, books on sports heroes, chapter books and more will be piled high on our wall! Your company name, your name, or a child’s name, will be drawn on one of the book spines.
Teen Scene
The tweens and teens make up a very special group within Pajama Program. We focus on
continuity for the “forgotten category,” ages 10-17 who have little chance of adoption.
Our “Teen Scene” room is their special place to read, separate from the children’s Reading
Room which is filled with artwork, mural and storybook figures. Teen Scene will be designed
and decorated to reflect the older children’s favorite things.
These children have been through great trauma and struggle to belong and to feel loved by
others. Pajama Program Reading Center visits take on a meaning beyond providing comfort in
pajamas and books. The personal contact offers love and nurturing and is a reminder to these
children that someone cares, that they are not forgotten.
Thank you to all our sponsors who will make the new and beautiful Pajama Program
Reading Center, NYC, a MAGICAL haven for the children!
Thank you for all the warmth your program has shown to Hour Children, it's always a major discussion on our
travels back, where you here the children talking about the great time they had, some will be reading their
books, while others would be comparing characters on their pajamas, it always refreshing to see the light in
their eyes whenever I announce Pajama Program time. We appreciate you guys a lot. THANK YOU, Miss
Bell,
HOUR Children, NYC
Founder/Executive Director
Genevieve Piturro
Donation/Pledge Form
Board of Directors
Nick Berger
Director, Newmark Knight
Frank
Aaron Boyajian, Esq.
Goetz Fitzpatrick LLP
Susan Brown
Director, Community Relations
Uncle Sam's Army Navy Deals
Judith K Campbell, M.S.
Healthcare Advisor
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Andrez Carberry
Attorney at Law
Fox Rothschild LLP
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Jamie Dyce
Associate, Duane Morris LLP
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Hillary Gauthier
Mom
Jennifer Granger
Mom
Betsy Howie
Manager of Special Promotions
and Author Relations
Scholastic Book Clubs
Shelley M. Levine, CIC
Executive Vice President
Bollinger, Inc.
Sharon Marantz Walsh
Event Planner
Kelly McGarrity
Store Team Leader
Target
Akshay S. Nadkarni,
V.P. Achelous Partners, LLC
Michelle Nelson, SPHR
Senior Director,
Human Resources- North
Sam’s Club
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