Ya Gotta Read!

The Mets launched “Ya Gotta Read!” in 2017 to foster a love of reading in students. The more children read, the more they succeed in school. It’s also linked to expanded knowledge and vocabulary, improved attention span and memory and increased curiosity and imagination.

Thanks to a partnership with the Amazin’ Mets Foundation and Delta Air Lines, the program has expanded to impact a total of almost 49,000 students at 48 elementary schools in Queens and Brooklyn.

For the 2023 edition of Ya Gotta Read!, the Mets and Delta are challenging students to read for 20 minutes every school night for six weeks, coinciding with Mets Spring Training. The more minutes students read, the more Mets prizes they earn.

Students who read for 60 minutes, hit a single, and win a Ya Gotta Read! pop-it key chain. Reading for 180 minutes gets students a color-in pencil pouch. Reading for 300 minutes counts as a triple and earns students a lunch box. Finally, reading for 600 minutes means students hit a home run and win a pair of Mets tickets.

In addition, the student at each school who reads the most will win four Field Level tickets to a Mets game, be honored on the field during a pre-game ceremony and receive a $100 Citi Field Gift Card!

The class at each school that reads the most will win an exclusive tour of Citi Field which includes behind-the-visits to the Mets Clubhouse, Press Conference Room and Mets Dugout!

The Mets and Delta are proud to work with 15,000 students at the following schools:

• PS 19
• PS 149
• PS 13
• PS 219
• Pioneer Academy
• PS 110
• PS 97Q
• PS 120Q
• PS 22
• PS 20
• PS 92
• PS 12
• PS 69
• PS 152
• PS 164
• PS 166
• PS 90Q
• PS 99
• PS 7
• PS 54
• PS 113
• PS 330

For more information, or if you would like to learn how your school can participate in 2024, please email [email protected] or call 718-565-4321.