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 Reach for the Stars - Put books into the hands of students and 
reward them for reading while at the same time providing cash and/or books to the school or organization.  Reach for the Stars is a pledge based reading incentive program that works like a read-a-thon.

What is the Goal of the Program?
The goal of the Reach for the Stars!! program is for the participants to read, or to be read to for 300 minutes over a two-week period of time. This is an average of 30 minutes per weekday as recommended by educational experts.

Who Can Participate?  
This program can benefit any sized organizational group. This would include entire schools, individual classrooms, clubs, Girl or Boy Scouts troops, preschools, church groups, home school groups, charities, businesses and public libraries.

Raising Pledges  
Parents and children request pledges from mentoring friends and family members to encourage kids to read.  Ask your organization if corporate sponsorships are available.

How Do the Kids Benefit? 
They develop a reading routine! They also get free books and other prizes for participating!  This program gets the kids reading and keeps them reading by giving them books to keep at home!

 Two Program Options Are Available

Book Bonanza - 100% of the pledge money is returned to the participants and organization in the form of educational books from the Usborne catalog.

Example 1

• 50% of pledges in books to participants
• 50% of pledges in books to the organization

  Example 2

• 70% of pledges in books to participants
• 30% of pledges in books to the organization

Fund Raiser Program - 100% of the pledge money is returned to the organization in the form of cash and books from the Usborne catalog.

         Example

• 50% of pledges in books to participating students
• 30% of pledges in books to the organization
• 20% of pledges in cash to the organization

The book percentages for either option are flexible to best fit the needs of the participants and the organization.