CELEBRATE READING – 1st Mike Reads and prominent community leaders han
LACEY, WA (March 7, 2008) Celebrate Reading on Tuesday, March 11, 2008! From 10:30 to 11am First Mike, Washington’s First Gentleman, Mike Gregoire, will be reading to 62 Lydia Hawk 4th graders. Reading Tree will then announce its Thurston County launch with a generous book distribution. Each Lydia Hawk fourth grader will receive 2 free books. Community Leaders will be on hand to help distribute books. Reading Tree will also donate an additional 500 books to Lydia Hawk.
“We are so excited that First Mike will be reading to our kids” says Lydia Hawks Principal Paula Quinn, “And we are very excited about the books”.
“It’s great to see some of our most prominent community leaders promoting literacy” says South Sound Reading Foundation Director, Jennifer Forster. Reading Tree/Thrift Recycling has also pledged to donate a minimum of 5,000 books a year to the foundation’s book van, book distribution program.
Community businesses participating in the book distribution include: Timberland Bank, Anchor Bank, Bill Funk, Curves, City of Yelm, Thurston County Waste Management, Lacey QFC and Lacey Wal-Mart. These community leaders have agreed to have a Reading Tree/Thrift Recycling book recycling bin at their business location. Books collected through the bins go to schools and organizations like South Sound Reading Foundation, who work to ensure that there are books in every home.
