President Obama calls on YOU to read with a child this summer!
June 17th, 2009
In a video released June 17, President Obama officially announced UNITED WE SERVE, a summer initiative encouraging all Americans to create meaningful change in their communities by engaging in service. Reading with children is part of this initiative due to the serious loss in reading skills experienced by many children over the summer months.
United We Serve will kick off officially on June 22 at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service and will run through the new National Day of Service and Remembrance on September 11. All the tools for participating in this initiative can be found on The Corporation for National and Community Service’s website, Serve.gov.
As a first step, you can show your commitment by reading with a child and logging your minutes at the ongoing 2009 Read with Kids Challenge. This Challenge continues through June 30 and the minutes logged June 22 through the 30th will be reported as part of the United We Serve campaign. Watch RIF’s website and RASCO FROM RIF for further opportunities for participation in United We Serve.
Now, please bring together a child and a good book and take the Read with Kids Challenge!
Happy Reading!
Carol
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Tags: President Obama, Read With Kids Challenge, United We Serve, US Airways
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1. Stephen | June 24th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
This a great campaign sponsored by President Obama and the Corporation for National and Community Service. I am honored to have RIF participating and look forward to partnering with other organizations during this summer of service. Let’s all get involved and log those minutes!!
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