[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 149 (Thursday, October 6, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S6350]
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 SENATE RESOLUTION 290--SUPPORTING THE DESIGNATION OF OCTOBER 6, 2011, 
               AS ``JUMPSTART'S READ FOR THE RECORD DAY''

  Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Begich) submitted the 
following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 290

       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 members to serve preschool children in 
     low-income neighborhoods, helping them to develop the key 
     language and literacy skills necessary to succeed in school 
     and in life;
       Whereas, since 1993, Jumpstart has engaged more than 20,000 
     adults in service to more than 90,000 young children in 
     communities across the United States;
       Whereas Jumpstart's Read for the Record, presented in 
     partnership with the Pearson Foundation, is a national 
     campaign that mobilizes adults and children in an effort to 
     close the early education achievement gap in the United 
     States by setting a reading world record;
       Whereas the goals of the campaign are to raise awareness in 
     the United States of the importance of early education, 
     provide books to children in low-income households through 
     donations and sponsorship, and celebrate the commencement of 
     Jumpstart's program year;
       Whereas October 6, 2011, would be an appropriate date to 
     designate as ``Jumpstart's Read for the Record Day'' because 
     it is the date Jumpstart aims to set the world record for the 
     largest shared reading experience; and
       Whereas Jumpstart hopes to engage more than 2,100,000 
     children in reading Anna Dewdney's ``Llama Llama Red Pajama'' 
     during this record-breaking celebration of reading, service, 
     and fun, all in support of preschool children in the United 
     States: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) supports the designation of October 6, 2011, as 
     ``Jumpstart's Read for the Record Day'';
       (2) commends Jumpstart's Read for the Record in its sixth 
     year;
       (3) encourages adults, including grandparents, parents, 
     teachers, and college students--
       (A) to join children in creating the world's largest shared 
     reading experience; and
       (B) 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 Secretary of the Senate to 
     transmit a copy of this resolution to Jumpstart, one of the 
     leading nonprofit organizations in the United States in the 
     field of early education.

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