Literacy & Education

In today’s world, literacy and education are critical to individual self-sufficiency and economic success.  At Pitney Bowes, we support non-profit organizations that address these issues and in particular, we strive to fund programs where progress is measurable, so we can assess the impact of our involvement.

Students from every background need and deserve the opportunity to live up to their potential. The Pitney Bowes Literacy and Education Fund invests in programs such as Reading is Fundamental, National Center for Family Literacy, and the National Urban League, which provide important educational opportunities for students who need them most.

We fund educational enrichment in the communities where our employees live and work.  Projects such as the Connecticut Science Center - which will open in the spring of 2009 - are among the beneficiaries of the Literacy and Education Fund.

Illiteracy and underemployment are the root causes of a wide array of social ills, including crime and substance abuse. Through excellence in education, today’s students can grow to be tomorrow’s leading scientists, business people, artists and educators.  At Pitney Bowes, we view our investment in education as an investment in the future - for our company and our world.

National Center for Family Literacy – La Lectura en Familia (Families Reading Together) helps foster reading at home across generations and strengthens the connection between home life and school.

National Urban League – Literacy for Life: Reading to Learn is an adolescent literacy development program which helps ensure that students will develop core literacy skills, preparing them for an increasingly complex technological global economy.

Junior Achievement - JA Business and Economics: A U.S. History Perspective is designed to take students to the next level by linking business history with entrepreneurial principles.