[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15606-15607]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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

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     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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