IV 
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. KEN-
NEDY, 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 fol-
lowing 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 pre-
school 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 commu-
nities across the Nation; 
Whereas Jumpstart’s Read for the Record, presented in part-
nership with the Pearson Foundation, is an annual cam-
paign, now in its fourth year, that brings national atten-
tion 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 en-
gaging 1,000,000 children reading the same book on the 
same day, provide books to children in low-income house-
holds through donations and book purchases and spon-
sorship, 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 expe-
rience on the same day: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘Read for the 
Record Day’’; 
(2) commends Jumpstart’s Read for the Record 
in its fourth year; and 
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(3) encourages adults, including grandparents, 
parents, teachers, and college students to come to-
gether with children of all ages to create the world’s 
largest shared reading experience to show their sup-
port for early literacy and Jumpstart’s year-long 
program working with preschool children in low-in-
come communities. 
Æ 
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