The Kickoff Luncheon for The Children's Foundation of the Tennessee Valley is scheduled for Thursday, July 21, 2011.  It will start at 11:30 am in the Student Lounge at Roane State Community College in Harriman.

Local community leaders in government, business, and education will be participating. The Keynote Speaker is Tennessee’s First Lady Crissy Haslam. 

The luncheon is a fund raising event for the Reading Foundation and will be held at Roane State Community College in the Student Lounge. The college is at 276 Patton Lane, Harriman, TN. 

Tickets for the luncheon are $25.00 per person.  Reservations for the luncheon should be made by July 14 and can be made by emailing tn-valley@readingfoundation.org.

There are also opportunities to be a sponsor of the Reading Foundation and for the Kickoff event.  For more information about sponsorships, contact to tn-valley@readingfoundation.org.

The goal of the Children’s Reading Foundation of the Tennessee Valley is to encourage parents to take the time to read to their children a minimum of 20 minutes per day.  The Foundation will accomplish this by providing and promoting education and encouragement to and of parents (and caregivers) on their important role in raising children who can read well.