2011 BookSpring Read-A-Thon
January 24- February 4, 2011
For more information contact Donna Emery at
472-1791 ext. 108

Thank You Austin for making the 2010 the best Read-A-Thon yet!

Austin students raised $132,072 and read 1.5 million pages so all children have opportunity to become readers!

Congratulations to the Top 5 Schools:

1. Gullett Elementary $21,810.58 and 176,143 pages
2. Bridge Point $16,931.96  and 23,7218 pages
3. Casis 14,562.29 and  98,143 pages
4. Eanes Elementary 9,884.5 and  69,389 pages
5. Hill Country Middle School $8,780.69  and 99,815 pages

With your support in the Read-A-Thon:

• A mother will leave a medical clinic with a book and prescription to read daily with her baby.
  
  
• Third graders in an Austin elementary school will leave the library with a “forever book” tucked in their backpacks. 
  
  
• A father in our Parent BookClub will share with other parents the book that he checked out with his very first library card.

But gratitude is best given by those who provide BookSpring programs throughout the Greater Austin area:

“I consider [RIF] to be an important program that benefits many. A lot of research points to book ownership as an important factor in developing into a lifelong learner.

"We can't necessarily know whom amongst our students will put it all together and make something of himself or herself someday.

"And we do not always know what factors make the most difference in their lives, but I believe that RIF definitely comes into play for many.”

~ Don Bos, Metz Elementary School Librarian, about Reading Is Fundamental

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