Time Out for Reading

(A literacy awareness campaign)

You are invited to help make Northwest Indiana a reading community! On October 3, 2008 at 10:00 a.m., everyone in Northwest Indiana will be asked to stop what they are doing and read! Time Out For Reading will focus community awareness on literacy. In Hammond and across Northwest Indiana, thousands of youth and adults will stop what they are doing to "Put Their Nose in a Book" and read.

Kick-Off Event

You are invited to participate in the Kick-Off Event and free continental breakfast. Details are being developed. Join with other friends of literacy and community leaders to prepare for Time Out For Reading campaign.

• Hear remarks by school, government, university, and library officials, and Hammond Business Leaders.
  
  
• Pick-up free red noses and bookmarks for use on September 7 as you, your employees, etc. "put their nose in a book".
  
  
• Gather ideas on what can be done at your business, office or organization location to observe Time Out For Reading. All organizations observing Time Out For Reading on September 7 will receive special recognition by the Northwest Indiana Literacy Coalition.
  
  
• Learn how you can help make Hammond a reading community!

Feel free to bring a co-worker, friend, or family member to the Kick-Off. Reservations are not required. However to assist in our committee's planning, you may RSVP by calling 933-2419 or use the Contact Form to send us an email.

October 3, 2008 - 10:00 a.m.
Time Out for Reading

Purposes:

• To recognize Literacy Month, International Reading Day and support the Indiana "Put Your Nose In A Book" campaign.
  
  
• To emphasize the importance of reading and literacy.
  
  
• To provide an opportunity for Hammond leaders to model the importance of reading.

What Will Happen:

• Business, government, school and organization leaders will be caught with their noses in books.
  
  
• Through advance planning, encouragement and directives by top leaders, all other populations of each organization (unit leaders, department supervisors, principals, and employees/ members) will also be reading during the same time. These people will be following their leaders' examples and at the same time will be setting an example for their families, friends, etc.
  
  
• All Hammond public school children will be reading at the same time.

Where: 

Throughout Hammond, Indiana (and other participating communities)

What:

All individuals throughout the community will participate simultaneously in a reading activity wherever they are at 10:00 a.m. on October 3, 2008. Activities include independent silent reading, group reading or reading aloud by a leader.

2007 Time Out for Reading

Want to know more about this event? Download the 2007 Time Out for Reading flyer which is availabe in PDF format. Make a commitment to participate!

2007 Co-Sponsors:

Northwest Indiana Literacy Coalition and Hammond READS

Previous Participants with Hammond READS & nearby communities:

• An Open Door Church Christian Academy
• Bakers Square Restaurant - Merrillville
• Bank Calumet
• Barnes & Noble
• Bernard Kleiman JOBLINK Learning Center
• Bishop Noll High School
• Books, Bands and Brushes for Education
• Border's Books
• BRIDGES
• Calumet Area Literacy Council
• Calumet College
• Caumet College Criminal Justice Dept.
• Calumet Press/Hammond News
• Campagna Academy
• Centier Bank
• Cerebral Palsy of NWI, Inc.
• Channel 56
• Citizens Financial Services, FSB
• City of Hammond Mayor's Office
• City of Hammond Department of Planning
• City of Hammond Office of Hispanic Affairs
• CJ Printing
• Community Hospital Pediatrics
• Congressman Peter Visclosky
• Crown Point Schools
• Demotte Schools
• Division of Family Resources
• El Taco Real
• Gary Post-Tribune
• Golden Studio
• Greater Hammond Community Services, Inc.
• Hammond Council PTA
• Hammond Downtown Council
• Hammond Education Foundation
• Hammond Health Department
• Hammond Hispanic Community Committee
• Hammond Kiwanis
• Hammond Public Library
• Hammond Reads
• Hammond Workforce Committee
• Hammond-Whiting Care Center
• Hanover Central Jr. High School - Cedar Lake
• Harrah's Casino
• Highland Public Schools
• Hobart Public Schools
• Indiana University Northwest
• Indiana University Northwest Early Childhood Learning Center
• Indiana University Northwest News and Publications
• Isaak Walton League
• Ishmon & Associates
• Ivy Tech Adult Learning Center
• Kiwanis Club Munster
• Lake Central Elementary Schools
• Lake County Library
• Lake Federal Bank
• Lake Station Parents As Teachers
• Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce
• Liberty Elementary School - Hobart
• Linde Gas, LLC
• Lowell Three Creeks Elementary School
• Merrillville Community Schools
• Montessori Children's School
• Morocco Elementary Schools
• Munster Education Foundation
• Munster Town Council
• NAACP
• Neighborhoods Inc.
• New Life Family Learning Center
• Northern Indiana Arts Assocation
• Northwest Family Services
• NSI Wireless
• Our Lady of Grace School
• Parents as Teachers of Hammond/Lake County
• Purdue University Calumet Library
• Purdue University Calumet
• Pyramids Day Care Center
• Regional Credit Union
• Rotary Club of Hammond
• St. Casimir School
• St. Catherine of Siena School
• St. John Bosco School
• St. John The Baptist School
• St. John the Evangelist
• Sand Ridge Bank
• Sawyer College
• School City of Hammond
• School City of Hammond Adult Education Department
• School Town of Munster
• Southlake Center for Mental Health
• Strack & Van Til Supermarket
• The Discovery Alliance
• The Times
• Thunderclap Recording, Inc.
• Towle Community Theater
• TradeWinds Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
• U.S. Courts
• Wadsworth School - Griffith
• Walmart - Hammond
• WJOB Radio
• WorkOne Northwest
• YMCA of the Hammond Area

Previous Participants in East Chicago:

• Carrie Gosch Elementary School
• City of East Chicago
• East Chicago Central High School
• East Chicago Fire Department
• Field Elementary School
• Franklin Elementary School
• Harrison Elementary School
• Indiana Harbor Catholic School
• Ivy Tech
• Lincoln Elementary School
• McKinley Elementary School
• National City Bank
• Resorts East Chicago
• State Representative John C. Aguilera
• St. Stanislaus Catholic School
• School City of East Chicago
• Tri-City Mental Health
• Washington Elementary School
• West Side Jr. High Library

Previous Participants with the Gary Literacy Coalition:

• Donna Smith - Calumet Township Trustee
• Lalosa Burns - City Hall
• Councilwoman Mary Brown - Gary Sanitary District
• Nathaniel George - Edgewater
• Kristin Casas - Gary Academy
• Chelsea Stalling - Gary Community School Corp.
• Maria Strimbu - Gary Public Library
• Florine Lacefield - Jefferson School
• Chareice White - Majestic Star Casino
• New Revelation Baptist Church - NRMBC One Church/One School Program
• Pamela Stalling - Consumer Credit Counseling Service
• Randol Batson -Methodist Hospitals
• Sandra Cotton - Clark Road Baptist Church - Genesis Family Center, Inc.
• Jackie Sain - Suzette Raggs - City Clerk
• Arlene Pearson - Work One
• Terrell Whittington - YWCA - Gary
• Eugenia Sacopulos - IVY Tech State College
• JoAnn Barron-Life Services Professional Corporation

Previous Participants in Porter County:

• Chesterton Montessori School
• Chesterton Police Department
• Chesterton Tribune
• Chesterton Women's Club
• Duneland Chamber of Commerce
• Duneland Community Schools
• Duneland YMCA
• Hilltop Community Health Center
• Ivy Tech in Valparaiso
• Kouts Town Hall
• Mayor Douglas Olson of Portage
• Mayor Jon Costas of Valparaiso
• Portage Adult Education
• Portage Chamber of Commerce Director Terry Hufford
• Portage Police Department
• Portage Public Library
• Portage Township Schools
• Portage YMCA
• Porter County Commissioners
• Porter County Public Libraries
• Porter Township Schools
• State Representative Duane Cheney
• State Representative Ralph Ayres
• Sylvan Learning Center in Chesterton
• Tanglewood of Chesterton
• The Chronicle
• The Post-Tribune
• The Times
• Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce
• Valparaiso Community Schools
• Valparaiso Public Library
• Valparaiso University-Education Department
• Valparaiso YMCA
• Walmart in Portage
• Westchester Public Library
• WVLP Radio

Previous Participants in LaPorte County:

• LaPorte Community Schools
• LaPorte Literacy Council
• Michigan City Area Schools
• Michigan City Literacy Coalition
• Purdue University North Central

Several articles about the various activities throughout Northwest Indiana are available on the Media web page.

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