Editors: Photographers are welcome to photograph the readers but are advised to call the respective locations in advance.
Faculty, staff, students and administrators at the University of Colorado at Boulder will be volunteer readers in the Boulder Valley School District as part of Read Across America Day on Monday, March 3.
The National Education Association established the event in 1998 to encourage children and adults across the country to emphasize reading. The event is timed to coincide with the birthday of famed children's author Dr. Seuss, who would have turned 99 on March 2. The event was moved to March 3 because Seuss' birthday falls on a Sunday this year.
The CU-Boulder Office of Community Affairs is planning local events to celebrate the day.
On March 3, CU-Boulder student-athletes and staff will be reading at The Children's Hospital, 1056 E. 19th Ave. in Denver, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Another group of students and staff will be in Lafayette at Sanchez Elementary, 655 Galahad Dr., from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Chip, the CU mascot, will make appearances at both locations.Ìý
Additional volunteers, including bilingual readers, will participate at Washington Elementary, 1215 Cedar Ave. in Boulder, starting at 8:30 a.m.
On the CU-Boulder campus, the CU Book Store will host a Dr. Seuss birthday party from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free bookmarks and stickers, drawings for a "Cat-in-the-Hat" hat and Dr. Seuss books, and 20 percent discounts on all children's books are among the special activities planned at the bookstore.
For more information on CU-Boulder's activities in connection with Read Across America Day, call Erin Frazier at the CU-Boulder Office of Community Affairs, (303) 492-8384. For more information about Read Across America Day, visit .