Impact

Our Impact

Over 2,650,000 books have been distributed to under-resourced schools (Pre K-12) in New York City as well as organizations that serve children, including Children’s Aid Society, Kids in Distressed Situations, Literacy Inc, New York City Housing Authority, and Room to Grow.
An estimated 650,000 New York City children have been reached.
More than 15,000 New York City teachers have chosen books for their under-resourced classrooms and schools.
To accomplish this, thousands of families donate books and give their time to collect, sort and distribute these books on behalf of Project Cicero.
Nearly all of our teachers told us that Project Cicero books have increased their students’ enjoyment of reading.
The majority of our teachers told us that Project Cicero books have introduced their students to new subject matter.
Nearly all of our teachers told us that Project Cicero books improved their students’ reading level and/or skills.
Project Cicero tripled the number of books in classroom libraries.