The winners are:
City National Bank for Reading Is the Way Up®
Los Angeles, CA
www.readingisthewayup.org; www.facebook.com/readingisthewayup
City National Bank believes that a good education and the ability to learn throughout one's career are vital to success in today's world, and it all starts with reading.
Reading Is the Way Up® was started in 2002 to address the plight of school libraries and the lack of current and compelling books available to students. To date, through strategic partnerships with Barnes and Noble and Reading Is Fundamental, the program has placed over 170,000 books into the hands of students.
In 2005, a literacy grant component was added to the program. Since then, more than $600,000 in grants has been awarded to elementary, middle, and high school teachers in the five states where City National has offices. In 2011, school author visits were added to the program, and each student in attendance gets a signed copy of the author's book. In addition, City National colleagues are encouraged to participate in the program and are given paid time off to do so.