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Walmart donates $50,000 to the Clark County READS Library Enhancement Program

Join us as we celebrate and thank Walmart for donating $50,000 to our Library Enhancement program.  The first three public schools receiving a portion of the grant money are Helen Herr Elementary School, Gene Ward Elementary School and R. Guild Gray Elementary School. Each school is receiving $9,000. Two additional schools will be selected to receive funding later in the 2008-2009 school year.

Walmart’s funding will allow Clark County READS to replace outdated books in the schools’ libraries with new, nonfiction books. Prior to ordering books for a library, the Foundation performs an analysis of the library’s collection to determine which books will have the greatest impact on the library and its students.

The hour-long celebrations will take place on November 18, 2008.

8:55 a.m. join us at Helen Herr Elementary School
6475 Eagle Creek Lane, Las Vegas

11 a.m. join us at Gene Ward Elementary School
1555 E. Hacienda, Las Vegas

1 p.m. join us at R. Guild Gray Elementary School
2825 S. Torrey Pines, Las Vegas

Past Events

• Clark County READS is Going "Green"

  

  Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, the Las Vegas Marathon, and Clark County READS, the literacy initiative of The Public Education Foundation, are going GREEN by recycling books, collecting school supplies, and providing them to first-year (“green”) elementary school teachers in the Clark County School District.

  New teachers often spend their own money on books and supplies for their classrooms, and this event will hopefully help to alleviate some of that expense. On Monday, August 25th at 5:00pm, first-year elementary school teachers are invited to fill a bag with free, new and gently used books as well as free school supplies for their classrooms. Clark County READS, The Las Vegas Marathon, and employees of the Mandalay Bay have donated the books and supplies, which are appropriate for grades Pre-Kindergarten through 5th Grades.

  The event will be held in front of the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV 89119. First-year CCSD teachers will receive a special invitation through their school sites.

• 2/26/2008
  C.T. Sewell Elementary School Library Enhancement!
  Please join us on Wednesday, February 27th at 9:00am as Toyota Financial Services and Toyota Financial Savings Bank, along with Clark County READS, enhance the library of C.T. Sewell Elementary School with brand new non-fiction books. The school is located at 700 E. Lake Mead Dr., Henderson, NV 89015.