Read for the Record

Read for the Record

Jumpstart's Read for the Record is an early education program that encourages adults to read to children.

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San Antonio, TX, - August 10, 2009 – Beryl Powell Consulting, a business education firm, is doing it's part to ensure that more and more women become self-sufficient and self-supporting by starting a business or jumpstarting a stalled business. More and more women are coming to the realization that working a 9-to-5 job is not the answer to financial wealth and security nor is conducive to a fulfilling lifestyle. This recession has caused women to take their heads out of the sand and take their income and futures into their own hands by starting a business. Beryl Powell Consulting provides the advice, tools, training ... Read Full Story
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LL Cool J attends "Read for the Record Day" at NBC Studios on October 2, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Getty Images North America) LL Cool J took time out of his vigorous abdominal exercises Thursday morning to participate in "Read for the Record Day." Jumpstart estimates that nearly half a million people participated in its effort set a new Guinness World Record for largest number of people reading the same book on the same day. Participants read "Corduroy," a children's book about a Jamaican girl and her teddy bear. Last year's "Read for the Record Day" set the last world record ... Read Full Story
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Doctors at Columbia Valley Community Health are convincing parents of young children that reading to their kids is not just a luxury for those who have time. The message is, just like being healthy, learning to enjoy books is vital to their children’s success. Since 2003, the Wenatchee clinic — which serves low-income residents — has given away more than 10,000 books as part of a national program called Reach Out and Read. Every child from age 6 months to 6 years who’s a new patient or comes in for a well-child visit gets a new book, while their parents get a quick lesson ... Read Full Story
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NADYA SULEMAN'S AMAZING FAMILY. Having 14 children. It's so much fun. It's 14 times more fun than just having one. Having 14 children. It's so much joy. It's 7 times more joy than having two you enjoy. If there's a hard work- we know us. Like the other hard work this too shall pass. Having 14 children. You might agree It's almost 5 times more laughter than just having three. Having 14 children to open the door It's more than 3 times more Birthday gifts Than having only four. Having 14 children. It's like being in Heaven With twice as much happiness Than in ... Read Full Story
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San Antonio, TX, - August 10, 2009 – Beryl Powell Consulting, a business education firm, is doing it's part to ensure that more and more women become self-sufficient and self-supporting by starting a business or jumpstarting a stalled business.   More and more women are coming to the realization that working a 9-to-5 job is not the answer to financial wealth and security nor is conducive to a fulfilling lifestyle. This recession has caused women to take their heads out of the sand and take their income and futures into their own hands by starting a business.   Beryl Powell Consulting provides the advice, ... Read Full Story
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On Oct. 8, volunteers across the country read to preschool students to break the world record for the most children reading the same book with an adult on the same day for Jumpstart's Read for the Record. On that day, UConn Jumpstart Corps members read to two preschool classes at the university's Child Development Labs.  
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