Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Invests Over $1 Million to Enable Summer Learning Throughout the Greater Boston Community
July 21 2015 - 12:42PM
Business Wire
Local partnerships with Boys and Girls Clubs of
Boston, Boston Children’s Museum and more encourage summer learning
beyond the classroom
Global learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
continues to demonstrate its commitment to inspiring passionate,
curious learners in its HQ city of Boston by investing over $1
million in educational organizations throughout the Greater Boston
community to date in 2015.
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From left to right: Josh Kraft, Nicholas
President and CEO of Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, HMH Chief
Marketing Officer John Dragoon and Chief Financial Officer Eric
Shuman join Blue Hill Boys and Girls Club members for a “Summer
Success Math Olympic Pentathlon.” (Photo: Business Wire)
Last week, HMH launched a new partnership with Boys and Girls
Clubs of Boston (BGCB) with an investment of more than $22,000 in
math and reading materials and funding for its summer education
program. HMH’s Chief Financial Officer Eric Shuman and Chief
Marketing Officer John Dragoon joined Josh Kraft, Nicholas
President and CEO of BGCB, for a tour of the Blue Hill Boys and
Girls Club, before competing alongside Club members in a “Summer
Success Math Olympic Pentathlon,” based on activities from HMH’s
Summer Success math kits.
“We are grateful to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for their generous
donation to support our efforts to mitigate the loss of learning
that children experience in the summer,” said Josh Kraft. “Working
together, we can help our members, many of whom come from
underserved communities and are at greatest risk of falling behind,
stay on par with their peers, and ultimately close the achievement
gap.”
The majority of HMH’s recent investments have gone directly to
local summer learning programs to combat summer “brain drain” and
encourage educational advancement beyond the classroom. Local
recipients include:
- Boston Children’s Museum:
Already an established partnership, HMH and Boston Children’s
Museum have collaborated on a variety of initiatives, from expert
panels on parenting in the digital age to family events celebrating
playful learning. This summer the two Boston-based institutions are
teaming up with ReadBoston to sponsor the ReadBoston Story Mobile.
HMH has also donated 500 Pre-K books to be distributed at Story
Mobile events throughout the summer, and will participate in
reading events across the city.
- Cradles to Crayons:
Building upon an existing long-term relationship, HMH has invested
nearly $450,000 in funding and materials to support the Cradles to
Crayons’ annual Backpack-A-Thon in City Hall Plaza, one of the
largest corporate volunteer initiatives in the city, providing
children in need with brand new supplies to kick off the school
year. This is the first time that books will be included in all
35,000 packs, in addition to traditional school supplies.
- College Bound Dorchester: At a
recent employee volunteer event, HMH presented College Bound
Dorchester (CBD) with award-winning children’s books to re-stock
seven Pre-K classrooms damaged by a ceiling collapse and flood.
Early learners were each able to take a book home, and HMH also
contributed to CBD’s high school programming with digital
curriculum and funding support.
- Generations Incorporated:
HMH donated 5,500 books to Generations Incorporated, an
organization which strives to improve the literary skills of young
children through grade three. A majority of the books were given as
end of year gifts to children participating in the program and the
remaining titles were added to Generations Inc. libraries.
“At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, we know learning happens
everywhere – from the classroom to the kitchen table to summer
camp,” said Mary Cullinane, Chief Content Officer and Executive
Vice President of Corporate Affairs, HMH. “When we invest in local
educational organizations such as the Boys and Girls Clubs or
College Bound Dorchester, we aim to bridge these environments,
making sure that all kids have access to quality educational
content where they live, play and learn.”
HMH’s corporate citizenship efforts within the Boston community
are part of a global corporate social responsibility program which
includes partnerships focused on investing a blend of HMH
resources: funding, learning materials (including a multimillion
dollar annual book donation program), employee volunteerism
initiatives, employee/company gift-matching and Community
Investment Councils — location-based employee committees charged
with creating opportunities for colleagues to have a positive
impact on the community.
About Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (NASDAQ:HMHC) is a global learning
company dedicated to changing people’s lives by fostering
passionate, curious learners. As a leading provider of pre-K–12
education content, services, and cutting-edge technology solutions
across a variety of media, HMH enables learning in a changing
landscape. HMH is uniquely positioned to create engaging and
effective educational content and experiences from early childhood
to beyond the classroom. HMH serves more than 50 million students
in over 150 countries worldwide, while its award-winning children's
books, novels, non-fiction, and reference titles are enjoyed by
readers throughout the world. For more information, visit
www.hmhco.com.
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