Jumpstart’s
Read for the Record®, presented in partnership with the Pearson Foundation, will
take place on October 4, 2012. This event is
sponsored by the Alexander County Partnership for Children. Jumpstart’s Read for the Record is an annual
reading celebration that highlights the need for quality early education in
America by mobilizing adults and children to set a record for the largest
shared reading experience.
On
Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 9:30am volunteers will gather to mobilize at the
CVCC-Alexander Center in preparation to “Read For the Record”. After reading
the book “Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad” by David Soman and Jacky Davis,
volunteers will head out to local child care centers to “Read For the Record”
to children in four year old classrooms.
”Jumpstart’s
Read for the Record is a call to action to Americans to recognize the
importance of quality early education, especially for our most vulnerable
children,” said Susan Cogdill, Executive Director of the Alexander County
Partnership for Children. “When children start behind, they tend to stay
behind. Alexander County Partnership for Children is proud to support this
campaign in Taylorsville and other communities in Alexander County.”
Volunteers are needed for this event! Please consider volunteering an hour of your
time to read to our young children. Please
contact Susan Cogdill at susan@alexanderchildren.org or
828.632.3799 to be a part of this exciting event!
Since
the campaign’s inception in 2006, more than seven million people have joined
local Jumpstart’s Read for the Record reading celebrations; Jumpstart has
raised more than $7 million to support its year-round work in preschools in
low-income neighborhoods.
