Over the past several weeks...we have been readying our new, larger Pajama Program Reading Center in NYC. Our Grand Opening is June 5 and we are now focused on outfitting our Teen Scene room. In this room we're showcasing inspirational and motivational quotes in a mural. But as...

Our Grand Opening date is June 5th in NYC for our new, bigger Pajama Program Reading Center.

Our Literacy Program's goal is focused on lifelong learning and upon making a positive impact on the growth of our student readers. To this end we're making plans to fill...

Feeling connected to the children we serve is so important to all of us. In every box of pajamas and books we send to group homes and shelters we include a sheet called Pajama Program's Kids Blog sheet. We hope the staff there will ask a few...

It's official -- we're expanding in NYC in May! Moving to a larger Pajama Program Reading Center has been a dream for all of us for several years. We'll now be able to invite 3,000 children here every year for reading sessions!

Many of the...

A sad lesson we have learned over our 11 years is that too often, children in foster care have little that they can call their own. We have been working to help change that sad fact, even just a little. The letters and cards we receive every week give us...

Happy New Year! I thought a refreshing yet comforting way to ring in the New Year would be to share some insights we've received from the children we see at Pajama Program about why pajamas are great!

1. "You can run in them." (age 5)
Yes, this...

This is always the time of year for reflection, cheer and giving thanks for family and friends... and this year we feel all those things but we also have heavy hearts for the families in Newtown, Conn. who cannot share in the joy of the season. We see beautiful children's...

As Pajama Program readies our "Two Million PJs & Books Distributed" announcement, I find myself reflecting all day, every day, on the past 11 years and what it takes to put one foot in front of the other. When I jumped off the corporate ladder nearly 10 years...

We visit with children all the time at Pajama Program. Their ages range -- we read with children starting when they are four years old, and some are 16 when we first meet them. There are differences galore and backgrounds as varied as you can imagine, but the...

Sandy hit us hard. New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are struggling to stay safe, warm and fed and even now, large swaths of these states are still in dire need of help for the basics -- food, clothing and shelter. I keep thinking of the nighttime cold and how...

Have you ever seen a big yellow school bus stuffed with pajamas and books? It's quite a sight! Every year in Westchester County in November
Pajama Program conducts our week-long bus collection. Hundreds of children and adults, schools, businesses, and libraries participate in this increasingly popular event...

A couple of weeks ago during one of our reading sessions with a group that visits our PajamaProgram.org regularly, we noticed that one little boy who had been attending our readings on and off was here again. I asked a staff member about it and she told me...

Gifts are one of the most fun ways to share love aren't they? And they come in so many fabulous shapes and sizes! One thing's for sure - they always hold special sentiments, heartwarming memories and usually a lot more value than their monetary worth. When I was a child...

On the wall above my desk hangs an inspirational sign that says:

"She would hope and wish and dream, but the day that she undoubtedly believed, nothing was the same because everything was possible."

This sign was given to me several years ago by my special friend and co-worker...

"Hi our names are G and A and we are brothers who want to say thankyou for the pajamas. We wear the pajamas every night and we like them a lot. And we go to the laundromat and clean them.
Sincerely,
G and A"

Letters, like the one...

I sometimes feel overwhelmed by how much we promise all the children who are waiting for our pajamas and books. Will we receive enough support every year to get through our wait list? Can we deliver on our promise? Will we ever be able to fix the hurt? Almost every...

"Thanks for the P.J.s, there the first PJs I've ever owned." Jason

I see this note on my desk every day. My reaction every time I see it is the same: I just can't believe what it says. I try to imagine how Jason felt when he put on the...

I remember as a child loving to visit my friends' houses and trying on each other's clothes. It was dress-up fun, a special event when we got to pretend that we were fabulous and rich. I suddenly had a wardrobe twice the size of my own filled with new and...

Most of us experience fear from time to time. Fear stops us from taking action, altering our course, maybe changing our lives, even if all signs suggest it would be a change for the better. I don't know where we learned to be afraid but different degrees of fear are...

In the past 11 years of Pajama Program I have learned a lot about life from some very smart people: children. Some of the simplest, purest truths have been told to me by six-year-olds.

Here's what I mean. I will never forget two little girls who came...