KRC's makes learning fun. Our programs build confidence in young readers and motivates them to keep learning.
December 2011: The NYC Housing Authority partners with KRC to build a children’s reading room at the Manhattanville Community Center. This is our largest one yet!
October 2011: KRC donates chapter books and middle-school books to fourth graders in Newark, NJ.
September 2011: For the third year, The Moody’s Foundation partners with KRC to hold a children’s book drive. The books collected were used to build a reading room for children in Harlem.
June/ July 2011: KRC completes an independent evaluation of our Family Literacy Program. This effort strengthens our commitment to provide innovative programs that build literacy skills and motivate children to keep on learning.
May 2011: KRC hosts another family literacy workshop in East Harlem. All families took home a copy of the book reviewed in class.
April 2011: KRC returns to the Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center to hold a poetry workshop for parents and caregivers. Families received a copy of “Where the Sidewalk Ends.”
January 2011: School #8 in Belleville, NJ receives a donation of 1,100 books from KRC. The books were used to supplement classroom libraries.
December 2010: Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and KRC will partner for our second annual holiday book drive.
November 2010: KRC completes a series of six family literacy workshops at the Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center in East Harlem.
October 2010: KRC pilots a new poetry-based literacy program at Lafayette Gardens Community Center in Brooklyn.
October 2010: Books from the Moody’s book drive and resource books purchased by KRC are used to set-up a Dr. Seuss themed children’s reading room at the Atlantic Terminal Community Center in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
September 2010: KRC collects close to 1,000 books at the second annual Moody’s Corporation book drive.
June/July 2010: The New Jersey Star Ledger and Channel 12 News feature KRC for our work in the community.
June 2010: KRC sets up its first children’s reading room at a New York Housing Authority location in Brooklyn. The location received thousands of books collected at KRC’s book drives as well as newly purchased books shelves, bean bags, rugs, wall art, and resource books.
May 2010: A second donation of books is made to the YM & YWHA of Washington Heights. The books were distributed to families and children at a local park.
March 2010: Through a generous grant from the Bright Horizons Foundation for Children, KRC is able to extend its family literacy workshop into a series at the Stanley Isaacs Center in East Harlem.
March 2010: The Moody’s Foundation recognizes two employees for global volunteerism noting their work with KRC.
February 2010: A free book fair is held for parents and children in Washington Heights who attend an afterschool literacy program. Children grabbed books by the armful to take home.
January 2010: KRC makes a donation of over 1,000 books to Ann Street School in Newark, New Jersey.
December 2009: Chubb Group of Insurance Companies holds a holiday book drive and collects over 3,000 books.
November 2009: KRC partners with the Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center to bring a family literacy workshop to families in East Harlem. The Center reaches across generations and ethnic groups to serve over 5,000 inter-city youngsters and families.
June – August 2009: In partnership with the Chinatown YMCA, KRC launches a 12 week summer literacy program. Students participated in brainstorming sessions, storytime, classroom discussions, hands-on activities, and games that build strong reading skills.
June 2009: KRC donates books to PS 126 in the Chinatown/ Lower East Side area in support of a new school library.
May 2009: New York Cares receives a second donation of books.
April 2009: Markit Corp, a financial information services company, in Midtown Manhattan holds a spring book drive for KRC and collects over 250 books.
April 2009: A donation of books is made to a Bright Horizons Bright Space in Paterson, NJ. Oasis – A Haven for Women and Children gives families a real chance to acquire the skills needed to break out of the cycle of poverty.
March 2009: Moody’s Corporation holds a company-wide children’s book drive with KRC. Over 1100 books are collected and distributed to locations around New York City, including the Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center and PS 84 in Brooklyn.
March 2009: KRC partners with BPC Neighbors Association to hold a family literacy workshop in Battery Park City. The workshop helps parents understand how their child learns to read and presents fun, literacy-based activities that families can do at home.
January 2009: The first donation of books is made to New York Cares.
December 2008: In partnership with Rockrose Properties, KRC holds a Holiday Book Drive and collects over 500 books.
December 2008: Publishers Little Brown and Henry Holt both contribute new books to KRC programs.
November 2008: KRC launches the kidsresearchcenter.org website.
June - August 2008: KRC incorporates and receives 501c3 status.
March 2008: KRC is founded by a group of friends with a common goal.