Posted: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 1:04 pm

On Thursday, Sept. 24, every pre-k through sixth-grade classroom in Rutherford County will play host to a volunteer reader as part of Read To Succeed’s 7th annual Reading in the Schools Day.

Private, City, and County Schools will all participate in this day to highlight the pleasures of reading and underscore the importance to reading aloud to children.

If you’d like to read in a school, visit www.readtosucceed.org. Click on Reading in the Schools Day and contact the coordinator of your preferred school.


Reading in the School’s Day is followed by Reading Rally from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 on the grounds of Linebaugh, Smyrna, and LaVergne Libraries.

This celebration of the written word is a free, public, family event. Call your local library for more information about your Reading Rally.

Read To Succeed, the community literacy collaborative in Rutherford County, will promote reading, with an emphasis on family literacy. The nonprofit initiative supports literacy programs and fosters awareness of the importance of reading.