[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S7094]
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SENATE RESOLUTION 621--EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR DESIGNATION OF OCTOBER 7, 
            2010, AS ``JUMPSTART'S READ FOR THE RECORD DAY''

  Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Begich, and Mr. Casey) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:

                              S. Res. 621

       Whereas Jumpstart, a national early education organization, 
     is working to ensure that all children in the United States 
     enter school prepared to succeed;
       Whereas Jumpstart recruits and trains college students and 
     community volunteers year-round to work with preschool 
     children in low-income communities, helping the children to 
     develop the key language and literacy skills they need to 
     succeed in school and in life;
       Whereas, since 1993, Jumpstart has engaged more than 20,000 
     adults in service to more than 70,000 young children in 
     communities across the United States;
       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 October 7, 2010, would be an appropriate date to 
     designate as ``Jumpstart's Read for the Record Day'' because 
     Jumpstart aims to set the world record for the largest shared 
     reading experience on that date; and
       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 preschool children of the United States: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) supports the designation of October 7, 2010, as 
     ``Jumpstart's Read for the Record Day'';
       (2) recognizes the fifth year of Jumpstart's Read for the 
     Record; and
       (3) encourages adults, including grandparents, parents, 
     teachers, and college students, to join children in creating 
     the largest shared reading experience in the world and to 
     show their support for early literacy and Jumpstart's early 
     education programming for young children in low-income 
     communities.

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