Aura Imbarus, PhD, author of the Pulitzer Prize entry "Out of the Transylvania Night" supports the The Reading, Writing, It’s Exciting! Program (RWE)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) June 1, 2011 -- Extreme Public Relations and The Reading, Writing, It’s Exciting! Program (RWE) are hosting an event at the Westside Pavilion Barnes & Noble on Saturday June 4th & Tuesday June 7th to promote literacy and to shine a spotlight on how important it is for parents to read with their children.

To help ensure this message is heard, we have invited celebrities to stop in and read a book (Dr. Seuss or other) for twenty minutes with one of the children at our event. Their participation will help inspire other parents to undertake this all-so-important activity with their own children. Literacy experts have all stated that if parents read to, and with, their children from a young age, it would solve many of our literacy problems.


RWE is a nonprofit literacy program designed to improve the reading and writing skills of at-risk children. We do this by providing one-to-one writing mentors throughout the school year for kids who are chosen by their teachers to participate. At the end of the school year, the kids get to read one of their stories at a Barnes & Noble, and then watch in special VIP seats as actors perform them for the audience.

The reason for our program is that research shows that if children aren’t writing and reading at their grade level by the end of second grade, they almost never catch up. Further research has also shown that as many as 80% of those kids eventually drop out of high school, are unemployed, are in prison or join gangs. And how accurate are those numbers? Several states actually base their future prison building plans on them!
What’s the situation like in Los Angeles? There are over 45,000 second grade students in L.A., and only 48% of them are proficient in writing and reading. Those kids need us.

For more information about RWE, please visit: www.rweprogram.org

Event Reading Schedule:

SATURDAY JUNE 4


Celebrities:
Aura Imbarus (Celebrity Book Author “Out of The Transylvania Night”)
Nancy La Scala (Species, Stepford Wives, Melrose Place)
Gloria Kisel-Hollis, GK Trendy PR (Celebrity Publicist)
Mark Christopher Lawrence (Chuck)

Zach Callison (Hannah Montana, Scooby-Doo)
Kate Linder (Young & Restless)
Tonya Chisholm (High School Musical 2, Nickelodeons Big Time Rush)
Valery Ortiz (Date Movie, Diary Of A Single Mom)
Molly Quinn (Castle)
Diane Namm (Finding Hope)
2:00 – 3:00 PM: Kindergartners and 1st graders read stories
*3:00 – 4:00 PM: The RWE kids have their stories performed by actors.
*4:00 – 5:00 PM: Celebs read a book with one of their kids.


RSVP: mistyepr@gmail.com
PR: Extreme Public Relations

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