Beyond Literacy

We were thrilled to welcome the wonderful Fulton Bank team to BeLit's West Campus today. Our thanks for your community focus, thoughtful approach to paying it forward, and support for our adult learners. We look forward to partnering together to create meaningful impact! 🎉 #FultonBank #CommunityPartners #Education #Collaboration #WorkforceDevelopment #FinancialLiteracy Thanks to Andy Agger, Kate Hershey, CFP®, Chau Huynh & the entire team!

Welcome to BeLit's newest board members and leading literacy champions: MaryBeth ("Beth") Gonzales, Office of Homeless Services, the City of Philadelphia; John Mauricio Lyons (JLy), IBX; and Roy Pappan, PECO. We are beyond excited and honored to add your expertise to our board! 

Hats off to BeLit's Class of 2024! 🎓💙 Relive the celebration by reading the latest edition of the BeLit Bulletin now!

Enrico Crispo, on behalf the entire Beyond Literacy team, thank you for your outstanding leadership and dedication as our Founding Board President. Your vision, commitment, and tireless efforts – from leading us through the pandemic and a merger to nationally acclaimed, award-winning program recognition – have made a lasting impact on our community. As you transition to Board Vice-President, we are grateful for your continued involvement and support. Your wisdom and experience will remain invaluable. #leadership

For their commitment to bridging the digital divide within our adult learning community, BeLit was proud to award Comcast as our Community Partner of the Year. Stephanie L. Kosta, Comcast Vice President of Government, Regulatory Affairs, and Community Impact accepted the award, announcing a generous surprise donation and gift of brand-new laptops for our upcoming Class of 2025. Our thanks to the entire Comcast Freedom Region team for your above and beyond support! #digitalequity #communitychangemakers #InternetEssentials

Happy Graduation Day to BeLit’s Class of 2024! 🎉🎓Special shoutout to these honored guests, Jordan Harris, Vincent Hughes, Senator Bob Casey, NBC10 Philadelphia’s Miguel Martinez-Valle, Phillie Phanatic, The West Powelton Steppers & Drum Squad, and Comcast, who was awarded BeLit’s Community Partner of the Year 🏆 And a huge thanks to our generous corporate sponsors, Citizens, PECO, Exude, Inc., Exude Human Capital, Philadelphia Federal Credit Union and FirstBank Charitable Foundation 🩵

With only one-week until BeLit's Annual Graduation Celebration, we want to thank our generous corporate sponsors - PECO, Citizens, Exude, Inc., Exude Human Capital, Philadelphia Federal Credit Union, FirstBank Charitable Foundation, Bret Queenan, and NBC10 Philadelphia. And a huge thank you to our individual sponsors for making this event extra special for our Class of 2024 graduates! We can't wait to celebrate with you next Friday, June 21st at Rothman Rink at Dilworth Park! 🎓🩵 #BeLitClassof2024 #BeLitGraduationCelebration

This Friday, May 17th is the deadline to be included as an individual sponsor in both the print and online versions of our Class of 2024 yearbook, which together reach 6000+ community members. Celebrate our graduates, meet fellow literacy champions, and see the joy of literacy first-hand at our biggest party of the year! 🎉 🎓 Learn more about event tickets and sponsorship opportunities here: https://lnkd.in/gnC7Y7qh

Celebrate our grads' success on Friday, June 21st from 9:00-11:00AM at Dilworth Park as we honor the life-changing achievements of 100+ inspiring graduates of BeLit’s GED/HiSET, Workforce Pre-Apprenticeship, English Language Proficiency and U.S. Citizenship programs! Become an individual sponsor and experience first-hand the joy of literacy. 💙 🎓 🎉

Literacy is in Bloom🌹🌻🌷 and so is BeLit! Read our latest happenings in our newsletter, the BeLit Bulletin! #BeLit