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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 741 

Expressing support for designation of October 8, 2009, as national 

Jumpstart’s ‘‘Read for the Record Day’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 

Ms. MARKEY of Colorado (for herself, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. DEGETTE, Mrs. 

CAPPS, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. TEAGUE, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. 

MINNICK, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. ADLER of New Jersey, Mr. PETERS, Ms. 

SHEA-PORTER, Mr. WELCH, Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, Mr. SCHAUER, Ms. 

SCHWARTZ, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, 

Mr. MCMAHON, Mr. LUJA ́N, and Mr. BLUMENAUER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for designation of October 8, 2009, as 

national Jumpstart’s ‘‘Read for the Record Day’’. 

Whereas Jumpstart, a national early education organization, 

is working to ensure that all children in the United 

States enter school prepared to succeed; 

Whereas year-round, Jumpstart recruits and trains college 

students and community volunteers to work with preschool children in low-income communities, helping them 

to develop the language, literacy, and social skills they 

need to succeed in school and in life; 


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Whereas since 1993, Jumpstart has engaged nearly 21,000 

adults to serve almost 80,000 young children in communities across the Nation; 

Whereas Jumpstart’s Read for the Record, presented in partnership with the Pearson Foundation, is an annual campaign, now in its fourth year, that brings national attention to the crisis in early education by organizing the 

world’s largest shared reading experience; 

Whereas the goals of the campaign are to raise national 

awareness about the importance of early education by engaging 1,000,000 children reading the same book on the 

same day, provide books to children in low-income households through donations and book purchases and sponsorship, and raise money to help bring Jumpstart to 

more children to prepare them for school success; 

Whereas Jumpstart hopes to engage more than 1,000,000 

children to read ‘‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’’ in this 

record-breaking celebration of reading, service, and fun, 

all in support of the Nation’s preschoolers; and 

Whereas October 8, 2009, would be an appropriate date to 

designate as national Jumpstart’s ‘‘Read for the Record 

Day’’ because it is the date Jumpstart aims to set a new 

world record for the world’s largest shared reading experience on the same day: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the designation of ‘‘Read for the 

3 Record Day’’; 

4 (2) commends Jumpstart’s Read for the Record 

5 in its fourth year; and 


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1 (3) encourages adults, including grandparents, 

2 parents, teachers, and college students to come to3 gether with children of all ages to create the world’s 

4 largest shared reading experience to show their sup5 port for early literacy and Jumpstart’s year-long 

6 program working with preschool children in low-in7 come communities. 

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