For every three hours children read, they will receive a prize to encourage them to read more. Prizes include erasers, stickers and tickets to a Tucson Sidewinders game on July 29. Children who read 48 hours will have their names published in the Arizona Daily Star and will qualify for a grand prize drawing. Free Morning at the Zoo Reid Park Zoo, on East 22nd Street between South Country Club Road and South Alvernon Way, is joining dozens of local agencies to celebrate Stand for Children Day from 9 a.m. to noon on June 2 at the zoo. Stage entertainment and activity tables will be provided for children and families to learn and play together.
Admission is free.
An adult must accompany children under the age of 15 at all times. Children 5 and under get in free. About one in five adults in this state has trouble reading this article. One of the few places in the Tucson area that can help them learn to read better has been without a proper home for more than two years. Literacy Volunteers' trained volunteer tutors teach people 16 and older how to speak, write and read English at no charge.