100,000 READERS ... can we reach it? YES WE CAN!!! Register for the 2012 Annual Day of Reading ...

 

Mission

This City Reads! is a community alliance of organizations to champion and leverage the power of reading to promote the future success of families, individuals, and businesses in Greater Akron/Summit County.

Vision

Summit County/Akron is the Reading Capital of the World. What’s possible if all our kindergartners are ready to learn to read? What’s possible if all our third graders are reading to learn?

This City Reads!
Partners believe:

Reading is everyone’s business

An information-based economy requires everyone to read

Reading soars when family, school and community collaborate

First you learn to read, then you read to learn

Reading is essential to improving quality of life

Reading is fundamental to responsible citizenship

This City Reads! Goals

Leverage impact

Engage the community

Connect individuals and families with resources

Champion the collaborative model

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It is all about celebrating reading!! 

9th Annual Day of Reading - Wednesday February 8, 2012

Thanks to all our partners and friends we have

82,338

Readers report their reading! Way to GO!!!!!

We are already planning exciting things for next year, our

10th Annual Day of Reading!  February 13, 2013

If you have any ideas just let us know.

Check out the fun we had at the Family Reading Festival and the Annual Day of Reading. Did you miss this year's fun? Mark you calendars for next year. February 9 and 13, 2013!

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE

2012 LITERACY IS LIFE AWARD HONOREES

Susan Hall and Debra McDonald

                          nominated by Akron Public Schools 

Literacy Coaches - Pat Bing, Rozlyn Grant, Shelley Houser, & Pam Oviatt

               nominated by Akron Summit Community Action-Head Start 

Linda Reesman

                nominated by Akron Summit Community Action-Head Start 

Rick McIntosh

                 nominated by Akron-Summit County Public Library 

Bill Marras & Connie Mitchell

                   nominated by The City of Akron

Bonnie Dembroski

                      nominated by First Book-Greater Akron

Kenmore Kiwanis

                       nominated by Mambevon Child Care Consulting 

Najibah Nadir-El

                       nominated by Project Learn of Summit County 

Ted Collins, Kristen George & Pat Rochford

                       nominated by Project RISE 

Cheryl Kelley

                        nominated by Shaw JCC of Akron

Jennifer Allen

            nominated by Summit Academy Akron Secondary School 

Each year This City Reads! gives partners an opportunity to honor a staff member, client or volunteer who has quietly gone above and beyond in their efforts to improve the literacy skills of themselves or others in our community.

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This City Reads! Partners

A Y's Place

Ability at Work, A Hattie Larlham Program

Akron Aeros

Akron Art Museum

Akron Beacon Journal

Akron Children's Hospital

Akron General Medical Center

Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority

Akron Ohio Reads Program(Akron Public Schools)

Akron Public Schools

Akron Reads-King School

Akron Summit Community Action Inc - YouthBuild

Akron Summit Community Action Inc.

Akron Symphony Orchestra

Akron Urban League

Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank

Akron-Summit County Public Library

Al Kaf Temple #109

Alicia Strickler

All About Children Cleve-Mass

All American Soap Box Derby

AMBC Christian Academy

AMHA

Barberton City Schools

Barberton Public Library

Barnes & Noble-Montrose

Betty Bryant

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Western Reserve

Brightside Academy

Callis Tower

Caring Communities of Summit County

Cascade Village After School

Cathy Spidell

Children's Place UMC Daycare

City of Akron

Color Our Rainbow Academy

Community Health Center- Help Me Grow

Copley-Fairlawn Kiwanis

County of Summit

County of Summit Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health (ADM) Services Board

County of Summit Dept. of Job & Family Services

Cuyahoga Falls City Schools

Cuyahoga Falls Library

Dunbar Elementary School

East Akron Neighborhood Development Corp.

Elisha Murray

Elmcroft of Sagamore Hills

Ernst & Young

F.A.C.T. ACADEMY

Family & Children First Council

Farmers Insurance

First Book-Greater Akron

Fishcreek Elementary

Fort Island Primary School

Frances Mazzola

Friends of Main Library

Glover CLC

Goodwill Industries of Akron

Grandma reads to me

Greater Akron Chamber

Green Family YMCA

Help Me Grow

Holy Family School

HOPE Academy University

Hudson City Schools

Hudson Library and Historical Society

Imagine Romig Road Community School

Immaculate Conception Preschool & Child Care Center

Indian Trail Elementary

Indian Trail PTA Literacy For Trade

Joyce and Amore DeJournett

Jumpstart-Akron

Kallie Karman

Kids Play

Kids Play - Green

Kids-Play, Inc

Kindermusik with Miss Terri

Lakeview Elementary

Laurel Lake Retirement Community

Leadership Akron

LearningRX

Lighthouse Academy

Lynn's Day Care

Mambevon Child Care Consulting LLC

Manchester Local Schools

Mary Beth Clemons

Meaden & Moore

METRO Regional Transit Authority

Minority Behavioral Health Group

Mogadore Local School District

Mrs. Sullivan & Mrs. Keller's classes Lakeview School, Stow, Ohio

Norton City Schools (Grill Elementary)

Ohio Distance and Electronic Learning Academy

Old Trail School

Oriana House, Inc

Overdale Primary School

Pat Horton

Peninsula Library

Phoenix Alternative School

Phoenix Village Academy

Portage Trail East Apartments

Project AGAPE

Project Learn of Summit County

Pulmonary Rehab, Summa Health Systems

R-D Bike Shop

Revere Local Schools

Round River Consulting, LLC

S.U.P.E.R. Learning Center - Tutoring & More!

Safe Landing Youth Shelter

Sarah Hamsher

Sci-Mobile

Seton Catholic School

Shaw JCC of Akron

Show and Tell

Springfield Local School District

Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library

Sue Brichacek

Summa Health System

SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEMS

Summit Academy Schools

Summit Academy Schools

Summit County Children Services

Summit County Domestic Relations Court

Summit Education Initiative

Sunny Day Publishing, LLC

Sutliff II Apartments, Cuyahoga Falls

Sutliff II Apts

Tallmadge Kiddie Kollege

Tallmadge Middle School

The Akron Area YMCA

The Blue Heron Bookstore

The Chapel

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

The Learned Owl Book Shop

The Office of Outreach and Professional Learning in the UA College of Education

The Revere Local School District

The Rubber City Book Posse, Bookcrossers in and around Akron, OH

The University of Akron Center for Child Development

The Unveristy of Akron Developmental Programs

Turkeyfoot Elementary School

Twinsburg Senior Apartments

United Way of Summit County

Vision Support Services

Walsh University, Akron Campus

WBNX

Wesley Tower

Western Reserve PBS

White Pond Villa/PK Management

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