SHARP Literacy’s 17th annual “A Novel Event” with featured speaker Malcolm Brogdon

Milwaukee Bucks starting point guard Malcolm Brogdon will be the featured speaker at SHARP Literacy’s 17^th annual “A Novel Event” on Monday, September 17 from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at The Pavilion at Discovery World.  Brad Bertler, global coordinating services partner of Ernst & Young LLC, and Marie O’Brien, president and CEO of Enterforce, Inc., are serving as event co-chairs.

Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 36^th overall pick of the 2016 NBA Draft, Brogdon was named NBA Rookie of the Year during the 2016/2017 season, becoming the first second-round pick to win the award since 1966.  Prior to joining the Milwaukee Bucks, Brogdon spent four celebrated years playing basketball for the University of Virginia Cavaliers.  During his college career, he was named First Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) three times, and in his senior year, he became the first player in ACC history to win ACC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.   Off the court, Brogdon announced last spring he would be the first NBA ambassador for Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Chris Long’s Waterboys Initiative, an organization of NFL players providing East African communities with clean water.

At the dinner, Joel Quadracci, chairman, president & CEO of Quad Grapics, and his wife Caran, will be honored for their ongoing support of SHARP Literacy’s educational program with the Literacy Champion Award.  Ken Lipske from Quad Graphics will accept the award on behalf of Joel and Caran.  Josh Gimbal, and the Gene and Ruth Posner Foundation, will receive SHARP Literacy’s EDGE Award (energizing through dedication, giving and engagement), which will be presented by Lynda Kohler, president/CEO of SHARP Literacy.

Funds raised at A Novel Event will support the delivery of SHARP’s foundational literacy program to over 8,000 K4 through fifth grade school students and educators in 39 of Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties’ most at-risk schools. 

Individual tickets for the event are $150 and may be purchased online at www.sharpliteracy.org or by

calling 414.410.3204.  Various levels of corporate and individual sponsorships are also available.  SHARP Literacy, Inc. wishes to thank this year’s largest event sponsors to date: Brewers Community Foundation, Richard and Joan Abdoo, BMO Harris Bank, Enterforce, Inc., Ernst & Young, MillerCoors, West Bend Mutual and media sponsor Milwaukee Business Journal.

SHARP Literacy, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Milwaukee nonprofit educational program whose mission is to enhance future life success by energizing urban children, motivating them to identify themselves as confident, capable scholars and lifelong learners by inspiring engagement in reading, writing and research through hands-on interaction and visual arts.  The primary goal of SHARP Literacy is to provide elementary school students with an imaginative learning experience that builds confidence, self-esteem, and a greater awareness of the world.  This year SHARP Literacy, Inc. will impart foundational literacy skills to over 8,000 elementary school students and educators in 39 of Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties’ most at-risk schools. For more information, visit www.sharpliteracy.org.