Read-A-Thon

Elementary readathon

 * Aims:**
 * 1) **To raise money for literacy projects**
 * 2) **To focus on literacy in our own community**
 * 3) **To raise awareness of the lack of reading materials in China**

The Library Project - USD1200 1 small library/year for China
 * Project 1**

Library for Mongolia (or another charity chosen by the elementary school) Margriet Ruurs USD1000
 * Project 2**

Planning the Readathon

 * Dates of readathon **
 * February 23 - March 11
 * Email sent to Mrs McVean to meet the faculty - for a Jan meeting - 12, 19, or 26


 * To do: create proposal for the meeting **


 * Meeting with the Eagle leaders **
 * with Eagle leaders - Day 3
 * 11.40 - 12.30 (Block 3)


 * To do: arrange meeting with the teacher in charge **


 * Elementary assembly **
 * Feb 22 - Eagle leaders, library and HS GIFTS club to promote the readathon at the elementary assembly


 * To do: **
 * book elementary assembly time with Mrs Wild **
 * plan the promotion with eagle leaders and library group (10 minute promo - skit) **


 * The Readathon **
 * Readathon will run over 2 weeks
 * Start date - February 23


 * To do **
 * 1) **Family digital literacy event (Friday, 18 February) - GIFTS club set up a booth promoting GIFTS and the readathon - Eagle leaders will bring parents to booth and introduce it to them - booth will run between 3-4**
 * 2) ** forms with letter for each student in each class in each grade **
 * 3) ** 23 envelopes - 1 for each class in each grade **
 * 4) ** promotion posters for GIFTS and the readathon (could be made with Eagle leaders and library group) **
 * 5) **bake cupcakes for the winning class for March 18**


 * //Organization//**
 * All money and forms due March 11 - last year's forms were much easier - do the same thing
 * assistant/teacher puts money in envelope, labels it with grade name and takes it to Veronica
 * Veronica tallies the money (1 Eagle leader picks up the envelopes at the end of each day and takes them to Carol, another group will distribute the next morning - before 8am)
 * leader's tallying will run 14th - 18th
 * announce the class winner on the morning of the 18th and cupcake party takes place at lunch
 * next assembly - show pictures and the amount raised

= = =How to set up your own Read-A-Thon: (Emily-Please see below for New PPT)=

A Read-A-Thon is a great way to encourage reading while also raising money to buy books and supplies for schools and children that are less fortunate than we are. At our school, we like to host our Read-A-Thon in the elementary school, because it is important to motivate reading at a young age. Of course you can modify what we've done to what you hope to achieve in your school.

Below you can find the tools you need to set up your very own Read-A-Thon! The steps are simple and it's easy to stimulate reading and make a difference! Follow these easy steps to set up a Read-A-Thon at your school:


 * 1. Pick the dates!** This is extremely important to do right away so you can have a deadline to work for.
 * 2. Ask permission**. Ask the principal, teachers, and librarian if and when you should host a Read-A-Thon.
 * 3. Begin planning how you want to format your Read-A-Thon.** Depending on the grade levels, it may be best to modify the goals that the children have to work for in order to read and find sponsors.
 * 4. Start your Read-A-Thon!** After handing out forms and sending out information, you can finally start! It is completely up to you to determine how long you want the Read-A-Thon to last. It may be a good idea to set a goal that you want to reach.
 * 5. Collect the money in**. You can ask teachers to collect the money and hand it in, or you may go around and collect it yourselves.
 * 6. Use your money!** Send your money to an organization, like [|Room to Read], or use the money for something in your area.

And that's how you do it! This is obviously completely open to interpretation. There are a lot of different ways to host Read-A-Thons, and this is just the way that our group has managed to do it. The most important thing of all is that you encourage reading and have fun with it!!

For our set up of our Read-A-Thon, here is the sheet we passed out to the parents. For an example presentation to the teachers, here is the presentation we presented to the elementary faculty at our school.

11/18/2010 New Final PPT