Volunteers in 27 cities across Canada will take to the streets and trade special edition newspapers for donations to Raise-a-Reader. 100% of the money collected on Raise-a-Reader Day stays inthe community it was raised in and is distributed to local literacy programs.
Did you know that more than 40% of Canadian adults have literacy skills below the level needed to succeed in today's society and economy. Literacy opens doors to success, and reading to our children helps to develop the literacy skills they need to become lifelong learners.
Reading is a time to draw closer together. It's like taking a family vacation without the car, the gas, the weather, the bathroom stops and the fighting. Reading is fun, entertaining, educational, and down right exciting.
While we have an amazing home library, we often visit the library and select books that interest us. The boys love having library cards and the experience teaches them a lot about caring for other people's books and deadlines.
Raise-a-Reader is a year-round initiative that raises funds for family literacy programs across Canada.
Support literacy by buying a newspaper on National Raise-a-Reader Day.