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Have a Rotary “Read In” in elementary school classrooms.
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Organize a grandparent reading program.
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Buy books for libraries.
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Buy dictionaries for all third graders.
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Buy a thesaurus for each sixth grader.
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Purchase a rocking chair for the school libraries for
volunteers who read to kids.
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Purchase “Big Books” for Project Hope.
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Purchase magnetic letters for Project Hope.
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Sponsor a radio or television promotion for reading to
your children.
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Sponsor a community “Turn off the TV and read” weekend.
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Have a used book sale.
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Support book clubs.
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Exchange books within the club.
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Donate books to classrooms.
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Support school contests for number of pages read.
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Give awards for the best readers.
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Give scholarships directed at reading instruction.
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Give scholarships for further education for teachers of
reading.
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Supply big books for preschool literacy programs.
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Celebrate well-known authors.
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Send used textbooks to overseas projects.
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Sponsor an art contest celebrating famous illustrators.
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Sponsor a
children’s 24 hour read-in.
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Feature new books in the local newspaper.
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Sponsor author visits.
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Give books as speaker gifts at your Rotary meetings.
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Buy books on tape sets for local schools.
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Sponsor a bookmobile.
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Volunteer at the library.
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Write a book about the
local Rotary club and it’s projects.
