NEA's Read Across America Online Toolkit

Sample "Save the Date" Announcement

The following piece can be used for school calendars, newspapers, newsletters, flyers, and information sheets sent home to parents, etc., whenever you want to remind folks about your NEA's Read Across America celebration. Feel free to adapt the text to suit your particular needs.

Save the Date!

NEA's Read Across America: Celebrating Dr. Seuss's  Birthday

Those who are six, sixteen, sixty-four and more have all kinds of great events in store for the National Education Association's tenth annual observance of NEA's Read Across America. NEA is calling all of America's children, both young and old, to reward their learning by celebrating the joys of reading with Dr. Seuss on his 104th birthday. Readers of all ages are encouraged to celebrate on March 3, 2008.

Our reading party here at [insert location] will take place on Monday, March 3, 2008, from [insert beginning time] to [insert ending time].

So please mark your calendars now and feel free to call [insert contact name and phone number] if you have questions. For more information about how to generate excitement for reading among America's children and their families and about best practices for motivating and teaching reading, visit www.nea.org/readacross.