Put Your Nose in a Book, Indiana
Late one night,
there was not a cloud in the sky
I sat on the porch and
watched the world whisper by
It was so soft and quiet
as I closed my eyes
No more fears, shame or lies
Then, I was awakened by
a sound down the hall
I thought — I heard —
a teardrop fall
It was my Heavenly Father
He said come go with me
to the heavenly skys
And then I could see why
there were tears in his eyes
There was hatred, and murders, and rapes going on
There were churches being
burned, that made the
night seem like early dawn
I said, "Oh Heavenly Father
please close your eyes so you
cannot see this sin"
He said, "My son, that is what
happens over and over again...
My children close their eyes, and think that it will all go away
And when they open their eyes,
it was worse the next day
Please open your eyes and
make a stand for me
Share my word with
everyone you see
My word is the instrument
to change things here on earth
And I will rejoice with you
someday, when you receive
Your heavenly birth"
Ed Castor
Adult New Reader
In September 2003, the Indiana Adult Literacy Coalition (IALC) started the "Put Your Nose in a Book, Indiana" campaign in coordination with the International Literacy Month celebration. Participation was open to any library, agency, or department interested in drawing attention to the state of literacy in any Indiana community.
October 1, 2010 - 10:00 a.m.
Mark the date on the calendar for this year's "Put Your Nose in a Book" campaign. Everyone (children, parents, librarians, teachers, students, government leaders, and business personnel) is asked to stop at the designated time and to be caught wearing red noses and reading!
Photo provided by Carrie Cate-Clements,
Northwest Indiana Education Service Center
Centier Bank Donates Funds for Time Out for Reading
Dian Reyome, Centier Bank Financial Literacy Coordinator, presents a $2,000 check to the Northwest Indiana Literacy Coalition Board of Directors to help underwrite the increased Time Out for Reading efforts this year. Shown bagging red noses above, left to right, are: Dian Reyome, Carol Moore, Linda Friedrich, Dennis Gray, and Katheryne Pavey. All are volunteers on the Northwest Indiana Literacy Coalition Board of Directors.
April 21, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
An estimated 190,000 youth and adults across Northwest Indiana are expected to participate in
this year's "Time Out for Reading". At 10:00 a.m. on October 3 the Northwest Indiana Literacy
Coalition and its partner organizations will be inviting everyone to, "stop what they are doing,
put their nose in a book, and read!".
Centier Bank is the first financial sponsor of this year's Time Out for Reading. "Centier is
pleased to help the Northwest Indiana Literacy Coalition raise awareness of the importance of
reading and literacy," noted Dian Reyome, Centier Bank Financial Literacy Coordinator. "Time Out
for Reading is a fun way promote literacy. Thousands of children will wear red noses on
October 3."
Late this summer 60,000 plastic red noses and 190,000 Time Out for Reading bookmarks will be
distributed to school children and organization leaders across NWI. The Northwest Indiana
Literacy Coalition is seeking funds for red noses, bookmarks and publicity.
Time Out for Reading began in 2003 with participation by a few thousand school children. Since
then the program has expanded to include special activities such as the reading of the Preamble
to the U.S. Constitution in the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Hammond, an event co-sponsored by
Hammond Reads. This year's Time Out for Reading will expand to involve 190,000 participants in
seven Northwest Indiana counties.
"Plans this year include a new partnership with Books to Bridge the Region, a program in which
Northwest Indiana is brought together through a focus on specific books", commented Dennis Gray,
Northwest Indiana Literacy Coalition Board volunteer and coordinator of Time Out for Reading.
"This partnership is expected to heighten public awareness of both the Books to Bridge the
Region program and Time Out for Reading."
For more information about Time Out for Reading or to make a contribution to this year's event,
contact Dennis Gray, by email at timeout4reading@cs.com or telephone at 219-933-2419 ext. 1966.
Visit www.nwiliteracy.org for more information about the Northwest Indiana Literacy Coalition.
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To show their support, Vice-Principal James White, Principal Charles Hall, Gavit students and Jennifer Rycerz model their red noses
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Munster, Indiana 46321