Read.Sing.Love.Books: A Campaign to End Illiteracy
ITHACA, N.Y.(WENY)-- Visions Federal Credit Union collaborated with Children's Reading Connection and many other community Collaborators to launch the ‘Read.Sing.Love.Books!’ campaign.
Wednesday, December second there was a banner unveiling held outside of the new Visions Federal Credit Union building site at 410 Elmira Road in Ithaca. Through the campaign Visions hopes to cover town buildings as well as TCAT buses with Banners that read ‘Read.Sing.Love.Books!’. Visions have also donated $7,500 to the Children’s Reading Connection which will provide 200 children from the Ithaca School District Pre-k and public libraries with six children's books.
Visions also launched a $10,000 challenge match for community donation to help the Children’s Reading Connection fulfill its commitment to provide every pre-k and Head start child in Tompkins County with these six books for the holidays. Donations can be made at www.ChildrensReadingConnection.org
Families can hear songs and stories from Sing Me a Story! Read Me a Song! with John Simon and Cal Walker anytime at www.ChildrensReadingConnection.org.