Library Superheros!

Reach Out & Read provides children's books to pediatricians who serve families in low income communities, to encourage parents and caregivers to read to their children and to increase literacy rates.

The children of our communities who will participate in this year's Summer Reading Program -- Be a Reading Superhero! -- and who choose to sign up for this special program will help to raise money for this worthy cause.  Hundreds of children sign up for Summer Reading each year and thousands of books are read.

So, where do you come in?

Please let David Seleb know if you are interested in being a reading sponsor. You may choose to donate a certain amount of money for a certain number of books read by our children.  For instance, .10 for the first 500 total books read.  In that case, you donation would be $50.00. This would encourage our children to read more throughout the summer.

Or, you may simply donate a set amount of your choosing to the program.  Either way, our children will know that they can make a difference in the lives of less fortunate children just by reading.

Our staff will produce a video with some of the participating children who will talk about their experiences with the program and their desire to help.  We will show this video at a Rotary Club program in the fall and invite some of the children and their family members to attend to talk about their participation and to thank the Rotary Club members.

Please send me a message if you are interested in being a sponsor with details of how you would like to donate.  If you have any questions about the program, please contact me at 847-446-7220 or at david@winnetkalibrary.org.

Thanks for being a reading superhero!