United Way Worldwide: Half a Million Young Readers Helped to Get 200,000 Books to Kids Without Access
September 25, 2019
September 25, 2019
NEW YORK, Sept. 25 -- The United Way Worldwide issued the following news release:
This summer, more than 500,000 children nationwide tackled two important issues, summer learning loss--the loss of academic skills that occurs when school is out-- and book access, with one solution: reading. As part of the Scholastic Summer Read-a-Palooza, a free educational and philanthropic program, kids tracked their summer reading minutes through the program's online Summer Reading Challenge, alon . . .
This summer, more than 500,000 children nationwide tackled two important issues, summer learning loss--the loss of academic skills that occurs when school is out-- and book access, with one solution: reading. As part of the Scholastic Summer Read-a-Palooza, a free educational and philanthropic program, kids tracked their summer reading minutes through the program's online Summer Reading Challenge, alon . . .