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Reading Partners Hosts 5th Annual Books, Brews, and BBQ Trivia Night

November 1, 2022

Media Advisory

November 1, 2022

Contact:
Brenna Peterson
Senior External Relations Manager, Reading Partners Tulsa
(713) 208-9694 | brenna.peterson@readingpartners.org

Reading Partners Hosts 5th Annual Books, Brews, and BBQ Trivia Night

WHO: Reading Partners, Reasor’s, Williams, Bama Companies, and the community

WHAT: Reading Partners Tulsa will host our fifth annual Books, Brews and BBQ trivia night fundraiser at the Stokely Event Center. For the past two years, this event was held virtually, and we are thrilled to return to an in-person setting with Live Event Trivia, arcade games, local brews from Marshall Brewing Company, and barbeque from Albert G’s. This will be the first year the event offers plant-based barbeque options from Sando’s Rockin’ Deli. Reading Partners CEO Adeola (“Ola”) Whitney will emcee the event.

WHEN: Thursday, November 3, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

WHERE: Stokely Event Center, 10111 E 45th Pl, Tulsa, OK 74146

WHY: Funds raised at this event play a key role in our program, helping to further the mission of Reading Partners by recruiting and training volunteers, and assessing and enrolling students in our research-based program helping students achieve measurable literacy growth.

INTERVIEWS:
Adeola (“Ola”) Whitney, Reading Partners CEO
Emily Fuller, Reading Partners Tulsa Development Manager

There will also be interview opportunities with Reading Partners representatives and AmeriCorps members, plus opportunities to capture B-roll of attendees enjoying the event inside Stokely Event Center.

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About Reading Partners

Reading Partners empowers students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide high-impact one-on-one tutoring. As we dive into the new school year, Reading Partners anticipates needing approximately 11,000 community volunteers nationwide as well as hundreds of AmeriCorps members to support the literacy development of nearly 9,000 students through tutoring and an additional 6,000 students through other literacy support services.

Reading Partners delivers a highly effective, evidence-based program that has helped tens of thousands of children master the fundamental reading skills they need to succeed in school and beyond. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has mobilized over 75,000 community volunteers to provide more than 2.5 million individualized literacy tutoring sessions to more than 70,000 elementary school students in nearly 470 under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia.

Launched in 2013, Reading Partners Tulsa operates in 23 elementary schools and supports more than 1,000 students. Visit www.readingpartners.org, or connect with us on InstagramTwitter, and Facebook to learn more about how Reading Partners is helping improve student literacy in Tulsa, and how you can help children in your community improve their reading skills and succeed in school.

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