Spread the Word Nevada: Kids to Kids Distributed More than 50,000 Books to Local At-Risk Children

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(Free-Press-Release.com) February 27, 2009 -- Las Vegas, Nevada – In preparation for Nevada Reading Week, Spread the Word Nevada, Inc., a local nonprofit children’s literacy program in Henderson, distributed over 50,000 books and coloring books to local schools and community organizations on Saturday, February 21. Twenty-eight volunteers who participated at the event helped distribute the materials to forty-five groups that came through Czarnowski's warehouse.
These Preschool and Kindergarten materials were also available to Focus Schools designated by the Clark County School District, as at-risk schools.

On the distribution day, books and coloring books were given to various schools, health groups, charities, and churches. The children served through these schools and programs will receive the materials during Nevada Reading Week. Kids to Kids, a flagship program of Spread the Word Nevada, Inc. will also participate in Nevada Reading Week from March 2nd through March 6th. The books received at Saturday’s event will be distributed to the seventeen elementary schools adopted by Kids to Kids.

Kids to Kids, a flagship program of Spread the Word Nevada, Inc., a nonprofit, 501(c) (3) corporation, serves at-risk children and helps them create home library collections of books to read and share with family members. While developing a love of reading, these libraries promote future academic achievement and higher self-esteem, which impacts lifelong success. Since 2001, Kids to Kids, a flagship program of Spread the Word Nevada, has distributed gently used and new books to hundreds of thousands of Nevada’s youth. Contact (702) 564-7809 or visit www.SpreadtheWordNevada.org to learn more about the program.

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