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<p><span style="font-size:10pt">Please join us for National Readathon Day 2016 on Saturday, May 21, 2016, and enjoy the opportunity to generate excitement amongst readers of all ages, and support youth literacy. The transformational power of reading is fundamental
to the value that libraries provide to our communities, and we hope that we can count on you to participate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><strong>Here’s how to join in the fun: </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><strong>Over the next five days, use the hashtag #Readathon2016</strong> to spread the word. Tell your friends how you plan to celebrate, or challenge them to see who can read more on the big day. Visit the Readathon
<a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01NjA1NjA2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTgzODUmbGk9MzUzNjg1NTY/index.html" target="_blank">
Share page</a> for shareable images, videos, and GIFs, and be sure to follow the hashtag to see how other readers like you will be celebrating and supporting childhood literacy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><strong>Make a commitment to support early childhood literacy.
</strong>We are incredibly excited to let you know that readers everywhere will be able to contribute to #Readathon2016, through our newly launched
<a class="donate" href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01NjA1NjA2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTgzODUmbGk9MzUzNjg1NTc/index.html" target="_blank">
Donate</a> campaign on Facebook.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt">All Facebook users will be able to use the <a class="donate2" href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01NjA1NjA2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTgzODUmbGk9MzUzNjg1NTg/index.html" target="_blank">
Donate</a> button now available on the <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01NjA1NjA2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTgzODUmbGk9MzUzNjg1NjA/index.html" target="_blank">ALA Facebook page</a>, which seamlessly facilitates swift and secure online contributions to National
Readathon Day on the Facebook platform. Users will also be able to share their love of reading by updating their Facebook profile picture with a custom National Readathon Day profile picture frame, available on the
<a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01NjA1NjA2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTgzODUmbGk9MzUzNjg1NjA/index.html" target="_blank">
ALA</a> and <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01NjA1NjA2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTgzODUmbGk9MzUzNjg1NjE/index.html" target="_blank">
Penguin Random House</a> Facebook pages. In addition, gifts continue to be accepted through
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https://www.firstgiving.com/5066/national-readathon-day</a>. Encourage your social media networks to donate, too!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt">All funds raised leading up to and during #Readathon2016 will benefit the ALA’s Every Child Ready to Read initiative, which promotes literacy development in children from birth to age 5 through programs in public libraries nationwide,
and Libraries Transform, ALA’s public awareness and advocacy campaign. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt">You can make a difference. Please join us for #Readathon2016.
<strong>Remember to tweet, share and post using the #Readathon2016 hashtag from now through May 21.
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<p><span style="font-size:10pt"><img height="133" width="200" border="0" style="border: 0px none; height: 133px; width: 200px; -webkit-user-select: none;" src="http://ala.informz.net/ala/data/images/sari%20headshot%20final.jpg"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt">Best,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt"> <img alt="" class="" id="" height="46" width="200" border="0" style="border: 0px none; height: 46px; width: 200px; -webkit-user-select: none;" src="http://ala.informz.net/ala/data/images/sari's%20signature%20editted.jpg"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt">Sari Feldman</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10pt">President</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10pt">American Library Association</span></p>
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