Tompkins County Public Library Foundation READATHON

Tompkins County Public Library Foundation READATHON
Noon on Saturday, September 27, 2014
Noon on Sunday, September 28, 2014
@ Tompkins County Public Library
Corner of Green & Cayuga Streets
101 E. Green Street, Ithaca NY 14850

Support Terk in the annual READATHON. Friends, readers, families, librarians, and organizations (even unsuspecting people just wandering by) are joining together to take a stand in support of literacy, learning, and free and equal access to the world’s information. It’s the annual challenge to read out loud for 24 hours – one reader at a time, a world of books – and they want your help. Readers complete 30-minute ‘legs’ of the reading marathon, before they pass the microphone to the next reader for a full 24 hours of reading. 100% of the library’s purchasing is funded by private contributions like these. Support Terk and the Tompkins County Public Library in this year’s READATHON.

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