Raise-a-Reader Campaign Backing BC Kids Read
The Vancouver Sun Raise-a-Reader campaign reviews literacy gaps in British Columbia where over 40 percent lack required reading skills for jobs and one in five kindergartners have no reading exposure. Since 1997 the drive has raised over 400000 for BC libraries and literacy programs, with Raise-a-Reader Day featuring volunteers, donations, and proceeds from single-copy sales to beneficiaries including the Vancouver Public Library Foundation and LiteracyBC.
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Vancouver Public Library
Vancouver Firefighters
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Raise-a-Reader
Vancouver Public Library Foundation
Literacybc
CNIB
Canucks For Kids Fund
Norske Canada
7-Eleven
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Crystal Decisions
Coast Capital Savings
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