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This was posted to the Association for Library Service to Children's email dicussion list earlier today by the public information officer. I looked at the www.rif.org/summer and thought there were some good ideas for handouts for parents, etc. Amanda at CTLS Below I am re-posting the press release and entry form for a Summer Reading campaign sponsored by RIF, Verizon and Scholastic. They are still accepting applications from libraries. Please note: This is not a separate, contained Summer Reading Program. It is a suggested enhancement to existing summer programs. Information on where to send the entry form is at the end of this e-mail. Posted by: Laura Schulte-Cooper, ALSC Office ******************** Reading Is Fundamental, Verizon, and Scholastic Take A Summer Reading Journey! Children acquire learning skills throughout the school year. But what happens after schools close for the summer and children are no longer engaged in educational activities? Research shows many children will experience significant learning loss. To address this critical educational problem, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) is teaming up with Verizon and Scholastic, this summer on a Summer Reading Journey, an exciting national public awareness campaign to deliver summer reading messages and resources directly to selected communities across the country. The effort, which is funded by Verizon, is set to launch in June, will provide fun summer reading resources to 200 public libraries in under-resourced urban and rural communities. The campaign will feature Scholastic's The Magic School Bus, Ms. Frizzle of The Magic School Bus, and Riffington, RIF's spokes-creature, as they remind children to keep reading during summer vacation and encourage children and parents alike to take a trip to their local library to discover the exciting world of reading. Reading Is Fundamental selected the libraries with support from the American Library Association and Libraries for the Future. "We know that children who read succeed, and RIF has been an outstanding partner for libraries in bringing kids and books together," said ALSC President Barbara Genco. "The summer is a critical time for maintaining that connection, and we believe that the Summer Reading Journey is an excellent way to keep kids reading and learning during these months." "Libraries play an vital role in communities during the summer, said Carol Rasco, President and CEO of Reading Is Fundamental. "In many instances they are the only source of reading resources for children who do not have access to books at home." Each participating library will receive a Summer Reading Journey kit complete with Verizon Literacy Champion activity posters featuring Scholastic's The Magic School Bus; bookmarks; reading resource guide for librarians, and a collection of books from Scholastic's The Magic School Bus series. The materials are designed to keep kids motivated and involved in reading and learning throughout the summer. In June, the Summer Reading Journey poster and other great summer reading resources will be available by visiting www.rif.org/summer. To learn more about this initiative visit www.rif.org; verizonreads.net, or www.scholastic.com. ****************************** HURRY AND SIGN UP NOW ENTRY FORM TO PARTICIPATE In The RIF/Verizon Summer Reading Journey Summer Reading Journey Materials are available for 200 libraries across the country for the summer of 2003. The initiative is primarily a communications and public awareness campaign to support summer reading and encourage parents and children to visit their community library regularly. Posters, Let's Read About activity resources and small book collections of Scholastic's The Magic School Bus series are available to participating libraries. This initiative is intended to supplement any planned or existing summer program, not supplant. The 200 libraries to be included in the project will be selected by RIF and Verizon staff with an interest in appropriate representation of urban/rural locations and as broad a representation of states as possible. The launch event will be in mid June, with resources delivered to participating libraries shortly thereafter. Please provide the following information to enter your library in the competition: Contact Person: Library Name: Address/City/State/Zip: Email/Phone/Fax: # of Children you expect to have in summer reading programs: Brief description of your library and service area: PIN # if your site runs a RIF program: Email this questionnaire to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or Fax to: Summer Reading Journey, 202-673-1649 --------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l For information on CTLS-L please visit: http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm
