Surrounded by families enrolled in a community literacy program and spouses of America s Governors, First Lady Michele Ridge today kicked off the Pennsylvania 2000 Summer Reading Program, Masters of the Millennium. The NGA Annual Meeting, at the Penn Stater Conference Center at Penn State Research Park, continues through tomorrow. It has attracted more than 1,100 attendees, including Governors, their families, staff, state and national policy makers, corporate leaders, and media.
Research Park is one of America s premier technology-transfer complexes.
Reading is the fundamental building block of all learning. As parents and community leaders, we must instill in our children a lifelong passion for reading and learning, Mrs. Ridge said. Literacy is the passport to our children s success in the New Economy. Today, I am happy to kick off the 2000 Pennsylvania Summer Reading Program, helping children and their parents across Pennsylvania work together to improve the fundamental skills of reading and literacy. I am especially proud to have my colleagues interact with families in State College s impressive literacy program.