Leading Through Reading 561.279.9103 DONATE NOW WHO WE ARE LITERACY IMPACT EVENTS NEWS HOW CAN I HELP CONTACT US Read for the Record 16th Read for the Record Campaign Highlights The Literacy Coalition, and our local partner PNC Bank, joined Jumpstart’s national Read for the Record campaign on October 28, 2021, by providing hundreds of books to 554 childcare centers and distributing over 600 books to Municipal Leaders and guest readers to read and share with students and children at schools and child care centers through Palm Becah County. Hundreds of volunteers read to 29,127 children at 212 sites. Mayors and public officials participated in our annual competition to see which municipality would have the greatest number of community leaders reading. Thank you to the 112 Municipal Leaders and staff that read in person or virtually at 124 sites to 26,388 children throughout the county. Thank you to our celebrity readers Tania Rogers of WPTV 5, Bill Adams of Sunny 107.9 and additional campaign supporters The Palm Beach County League of Cities and Comcast. This year’s book selection is Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon, by Kat Zhang and illustrated by Charlene Chua. When Amy Wu’s teacher asks everyone to make their own dragon at craft time, Amy feels stuck. Her first dragon has a long, wingless body, stag-like horns, and eagle claws, but her friends don’t think it’s a real dragon. Then she makes dragons like theirs, but none of them feels quite right… None of them feels like hers. After school, a story from Grandma sparks new inspiration, and Amy rounds up her family to help her. Together, can they make Amy’s perfect dragon? The Village of Wellington was the winner of the large municipalities, The Village of Palm Springs was the winner of the Mid-Size Municipality and the Town of Lake Park was the winner of the Small Municipality. Thank you to everyone who participated! 2021 MUNICIPALITIES PARTICIPATING: Small Municipalities Town of Cloud Lake Town of Juno Beach Town of Lake Park — WINNER Town of Lantana — Honorable Mention Town of Manalapan City of Pahokee City of South Bay Mid-Size Municipalities City of Belle Glade City of Lake Worth Beach Village of Palm Springs — WINNER City of Riviera Beach Village of Royal Palm Beach — Honorable Mention Large Municipalities City of Boca Raton City of Boynton Beach — Honorable Mention City of Delray Beach — Honorable Mention Town of Jupiter City of Palm Beach Gardens Village of Wellington — WINNER City of West Palm Beach — Honorable Mention Literacy Coalition CEO, Kristin Calder with Mayor Anne Gerwig: Winner of the Large Municipality — Village of Wellington. Winner of the Mid-Size Municipalities — Village of Palm Springs: Mayor Bev Smith, Village Manager Kim Glas-Castro, Pattie Waller, Librarian and Vice Mayor Gary Ready. Winner of the Small Municipalities –Town of Lake Park The children and teachers enjoyed a morning creating a banner based on the featured book at the Literacy Coalition with Cynthia Pilloni from PNC, Tania Rogers from WPTV 5 and Kristin Calder, CEO of the Coalition. If you still need to report your municipalities numbers, click the button below: If you have questions, please call: (561) 767-3370, or email Communications@LiteracyPBC.org. Listen to Kat Zhang read her book Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon We are grateful for the local campaign support of PNC Bank. Home Who We Are Literacy Impact Events News Newsletter How Can I Help Contact Us Financials Legal Terms Privacy Policy Sitemap © Copyright 2021 Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County. All Rights Reserved. Website Design by Icon Design and Consulting Community Funders