Help make our community a Neighborhood of Readers!
- What is the Read-A-Thon?
- When Is the Read-A-Thon?
- Where do the proceeds go?
- How do we register to participate?
- Who are the event sponsors?
Students share the joy of reading!
Through the Read-A-Thon, children experience the joy of reading and the pride of community service by raising money to put new books into the hands of children who need them most.
Why participate?
For the children - For every year a child is read to, the average lifetime earnings increase by $50,000.
For the families - While in middle income neighborhoods the ratio of books per child is 13 to 1, in low income neighborhoods the ratio is 1 age appropriate book for every 300 children.
For the community - The U.S Department of Education expects the literacy gap in America will produce a shortage of 12 million qualified workers in the next decade
A little goes a long way.
Participants read for two weeks and collect pledges for each page read.
$5 donation = 2 new books for local children in need
(1 teacher x 20 readers) x $5 = 40 books
20 classrooms x 40 books = 320 books
What is the Read-A-Thon?
BookSpring’s Read-A-Thon is an annual event encouraging community service and promoting literacy in the Austin community.
All your students have to do is:
- Set a goal.
- Ask family members and friends for pledges of support.
- Read for two weeks.
- Log pages.
- Collect donations to benefit BookSpring.
- Help place new books into the hands of children!
- Click here to see the flyer.
When Is the Read-A-Thon?
October, 2009 - Artwork Contest
Local students submit artwork based on the 2010 theme, “Neighborhood of Readers”. Chosen artwork will be featured on all Read-A-Thon promotional materials including the 2010 Read-A-Thon t-shirt.
January 12-16, 2010
BookSpring delivers materials to your campus prepared in class sets.
January 19-23, 2010
Show the Read-A-Thon video and distribute materials in take home folders.
January 25-February 6, 2010
Read, Read, Read!
February 9-13 2010
Students turn in their envelopes and BookSpring picks them up.
February 11-13, 2010
BookSpring counts donations– teachers do not count money!
February 27, 2010
BookSpring delivers incentives to your school.
Where to do the proceeds go?
Money raised by Read-A-Thon participants will benefit our literacy programs located in medical clinics, preschool centers, elementary schools, high schools, and the home-based parenting programs of our nonprofit partners.
How do we register to participate?
- Click here to register.
- Click here to download the pledge form.
- Please be prepared to provide BookSpring with an estimated number of classrooms and participants.
- Follow the Read-A-Thon in our blog.
- BookSpring then does all the work: delivers materials, visits campus to count and collect donations and delivers incentives.
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