Archie, Peyton, and Eli Manning and Scholastic Book Clubs Team Up with Local

Students to Promote Reading Through the ‘Classrooms Care’ Program

 

Levittown, NY - December 18, 2009

 

Fourth graders from J. Fred Sparke School are joining Super Bowl MVPs Peyton and Eli Manning and Scholastic Book Clubs to help donate one million books to disadvantaged children.  Earlier this fall, students in Mrs. Toman and Mrs. Leary’s class pledged to read 100 books per class as part of the Scholastic Book Clubs’ Classrooms Care program. The philanthropy-based literacy campaign is designed to teach children about the joys and importance of reading and giving.

 

Classes around the country have read 100 books each. When they meet that goal, the Mannings, Scholastic, and charity partners will put one million books into the hands of the neediest children. The students in J. Fred Sparke School get to see firsthand that their efforts can make the world a better place.

 

Since its launch in 2001, Scholastic Book Clubs’ Classrooms Care initiative has enriched the lives of over 36 million children nationwide. More than 27,114,000 students from over 1,084,500 classrooms have participated in Classrooms Care activities, resulting in the donation of over 9 million books to children in need.

 

We are so proud of the Sparke fourth graders for reading for this worthy cause!