[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1541 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1541

  Expressing support for designation of October 7, 2010, as national 
                ``Jumpstart's Read for the Record Day''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2010

  Ms. Markey of Colorado (for herself and Mr. Courtney) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                               and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing support for designation of October 7, 2010, as national 
                ``Jumpstart's Read for the Record Day''.

Whereas Jumpstart, a national early education organization, is working to ensure 
        that all children in the United States enter school prepared to succeed;
Whereas year-round, Jumpstart recruits and trains college students and community 
        volunteers to work with preschool children in low-income communities, 
        helping them to develop the language and literacy skills they need to 
        succeed in school and in life;
Whereas since 1993, Jumpstart has engaged over 20,000 adults in service to more 
        than 70,000 young children in communities across the Nation;
Whereas Jumpstart's Read for the Record, presented in partnership with Pearson, 
        is a world record-breaking campaign, now in its fifth year, that 
        harnesses the power of reading by bringing adults and children together 
        to read the same book on the same day;
Whereas the goals of the campaign are to raise national awareness of the early 
        literacy crisis, provide books to children in low-income households 
        through donations and sponsorship, celebrate the commencement of 
        Jumpstart's program year, and raise money to support Jumpstart's year-
        long work with preschool children;
Whereas Jumpstart hopes to engage 2,500,000 children to read Ezra Jack Keats' 
        ``The Snowy Day'' during this record-breaking celebration of reading, 
        service, and fun, all in support of the Nation's preschool children; and
Whereas October 7, 2010, would be an appropriate date to designate as national 
        ``Jumpstart's Read for the Record Day'' because it is the date Jumpstart 
        aims to set a new world record for the world's largest shared reading 
        experience: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of ``Jumpstart's Read for the 
        Record Day'';
            (2) commends Jumpstart's Read for the Record in its fifth 
        year;
            (3) encourages adults, including grandparents, parents, 
        teachers, and college students, to join children in creating 
        the world's largest shared reading experience and to show their 
        support for early literacy and Jumpstart's early education 
        programming for young children in low-income communities; and
            (4) respectfully requests the Clerk of the House to 
        transmit a copy of this resolution to Jumpstart, one of the 
        Nation's leading nonprofit organizations in the field of early 
        childhood education.
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