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Warriors to Unveil Reading & Learning Center at Leonard J. Meltzer
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland
OAKLAND, California|October 29, 2004
Warriors to Unveil Reading & Learning Center at Leonard J. Meltzer
Boys & Girls Club.
Read To Achieve Event Is Part Of Grand Opening At Oakland Boys & Girls Club Branch
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Golden State Warriors announced today that the team, along with Kelly Moore Paints, will unveil its newest Reading and Learning Center at the Leonard J. Meltzer Boys & Girls Club in Oakland (920 24th Street) on Monday, November 1 from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Following the grand opening and unveiling, Warriors players Eduardo Najera, Mike Dunleavy, Derek Fisher, Dale Davis and Luis Flores will join team President Robert Rowell, Warriors’ legend Alvin Attles, NBA great Bob Lanier and several community leaders to participate in a Reading Time Out with 100 children from various organizations in downtown Oakland.
Following a brief press conference to kick-off the event, the Warriors will unveil three unique rooms that were created during the renovation. The refurbished rooms, all of which were repainted thanks to donations by Kelly Moore Paints, include:
The Teen Lounge - which includes couches, televisions, DVD players, computers, tables and chairs.
The Reading and Learning Room - which includes school books, reference materials, and furniture.
The Warriors Locker Room - which includes over $60,000 worth of donated exercise equipment.
“Our Leonard J. Meltzer Clubhouse in West Oakland, one of three Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland branches, was built in 1950 and is in great need of repair,” said Calvester Stanley, President, Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland. “The Golden State Warriors have been an invaluable community partner - through grants, ticket donations, player involvement, and major refurbishments such as this project. We greatly appreciate the Warriors’ longtime support for our Club and the nearly 2,300 girl and boy members, ages 6 to 17, whom we serve.”
The Reading Time Out includes player read alouds, interactive activities, visits from Warriors’ mascot Thunder, the Warrior Girls and Clifford the Big Red Dog, and several other exciting literacy activities. Each child will also receive a Warriors goodie bag, as well as two books.
The unveiling is part of the NBA’s Read to Achieve Week in which all 30 NBA teams will be hosting special literacy activities, which will be highlighted in both national and local media campaigns. NBA Entertainment will be present to tape footage for both national and local Read to Achieve public service announcements.
The Warriors’ Read to Achieve Program, presented by Ross Dress for Less, is the team’s highly acclaimed child literacy program conducted in partnership with Bay Area elementary/middle schools and public library systems. In conjunction with the NBA’s league-wide Read to Achieve initiative, Warriors players and other members of the Warriors All-Star Reading Team will bring the joy of reading year-round to Bay Area children through monthly Read to Achieve readings, Reading Centers and other exciting literacy activities. Read to Achieve expands each year and now reaches thousands of children at libraries, schools and youth centers throughout the Bay Area.
Please call Karin Seid at 510-444-8211 for more information.
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