U.S. Governors’ Spouses sign on as Summer Challenge “Reading Ambassadors”
By Lia on May 22nd, 2012
The 6th Annual Scholastic Summer Challenge officially kicked off on May 1 when students across the country began to log their minutes in an attempt to “Read for the World Record”. Just three weeks later, student readers have logged almost 20,000,000 minutes and are well on their way to beating last year’s record of 64,213,141 minutes.
Today, we’re excited to announce that 48 U.S. Governors’ Spouses, plus the Governors of Illinois, Vermont, and Arizona, have signed on as “Reading Ambassadors” of the Scholastic Summer Challenge. The Reading Ambassadors are an integral part of the program, each having pledged to reinforce the importance of summer reading by encouraging kids in their respective states to read every day over the summer months. The majority of participating Governors and Governors’ Spouses have also committed to holding summer reading events at a local school or library in their state. To help more kids have access to books they will love to read this summer, Scholastic will donate 500 books to the school of the Reading Ambassador’s choice in support of their participation in the Summer Challenge.
The Governors and Governors’ Spouses participating in the 2012 Scholastic Summer Challenge to date are:
- Alabama – First Lady Dianne Bentley
- Alaska – First Lady Sandy Parnell
- American Samoa – First Lady Mary Ann Tulafono
- Arizona – Governor Jan Brewer
- Arkansas – First Lady Ginger Beebe
- California – First Lady Anne Brown
- Colorado – First Lady Helen Thorpe
- Connecticut – First Lady Cathy Malloy
- Delaware – First Lady Carla Markell
- Florida – First Lady Ann Scott
- Georgia – First Lady Sandra Deal
- Guam – First Lady Christine Calvo
- Hawaii – First Lady Dr. Nancie Caraway
- Idaho – First Lady Lori Otter
- Illinois – Governor Pat Quinn
- Indiana – First Lady Cheri Daniels
- Iowa – First Lady Christine Branstad
- Kansas – First Lady Mary Brownback
- Kentucky – First Lady Jane Beshear
- Louisiana – First Lady Supriya Jindal
- Maine – First Lady Ann LePage
- Maryland – First Lady Katie O’Malley
- Massachusetts – First Lady Diane Patrick
- Michigan – First Lady Sue Snyder
- Mississippi – First Lady Deborah Bryant
- Missouri – First Lady Georganne Nixon
- Montana – First Lady Nancy Schweitzer
- Nebraska – First Lady Sally Ganem
- Nevada – First Lady Kathleen Sandoval
- New Hampshire – First Lady Dr. Susan Lynch
- New Jersey – First Lady Mary Pat Christie
- New Mexico – First Gentleman Chuck Franco
- North Carolina – First Gentleman Bob Eaves
- North Dakota – First Lady Betsy Dalrymple
- Ohio – First Lady Karen Kasich
- Oklahoma – First Gentleman Wade Christensen
- Pennsylvania – First Lady Susan Corbett
- Puerto Rico – First Lady Luce Vela
- Rhode Island – First Lady Stephanie Chafee
- South Carolina – First Gentleman Michael Haley
- South Dakota – First Lady Linda Daugaard
- St. Thomas Virgin Islands – First Lady Cecile deJongh
- Tennessee – First Lady Crissy Haslam
- Texas – First Lady Anita Perry
- Utah – First Lady Jeanette Herbert
- Vermont – Governor Peter Shumlin
- Virginia – First Lady Maureen McDonnell
- Washington – First Gentleman Mike Gregoire
- West Virginia – First Lady Joanne Jaeger Tomblin
- Wisconsin – First Lady Tonette Walker
- Wyoming – First Lady Carol Mead
Posted: May 22nd, 2012 under More News. Tags: reading, Reading Ambassadors, Summer Challenge.
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