Jumpstart's Read for the Record 2009 campaign was covered in all areas of the media - from small town newspapers - to national television to radio airwaves!

Please see below for some of the campaign's many newsworthy highlights!

Questions? Contact Jodi Hullinger, Director of PR/Marketing, at jodi.hullinger@jstart.org or 857.413.4624.

Jumpstart's Read for the Record on NBC's the TODAY Show!

Celebrity readers included: Mary-Louise Parker, Eric Carle, Vince Vaughn, Justin Bieber, Madison Pettis, Jennifer Stone, Tiki Barber, Jenna Bush Hager, Giada de Laurentiis and Sonia Monzano!

Check us out on the TODAY Show!

Event Highlights

Jumpstart's Read for the Record events were held all across the country in cities like Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and more.

Read about them here!

Media Highlights

Salt Lake Tribune
October 15, 2009
Local Salt Lake City preschool children participated in Jumpstart's Read for the Record! Read more>>

Daily Pilot
October 12, 2009
Newport Beach and Costa Mesa, CA communities read the official book to local area preschool children. Read more>>

Mid-Columbia Libraries Reads for the Record
October 12, 2009
Reading for the Record support’s Mid-Columbia Libraries’ primary goal to provide young children with the resources and opportunities they need to start school ready to learn. Read more>>

The Winfield Daily Courier
October 12, 2009
The community of Winifield, KS reads Eric Carle’s classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar to local area preschool children. Read more>>

School Library Journal
October 12, 2009
School Library Journal highlights the importance of Jumpstart’s Read for the Record and how the campaign raises awareness for early literacy. Read more>>

Baltimore Sun
October 11, 2009
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman read The Very Hungry Caterpillar to first-graders at Thunder Hill Elementary School in Baltimore. Read more>>

Greenwich Post
October 11, 2009
Five families enrolled in The Greenwich Alliance for Education’s Parent Child Home Program joined hundreds of thousands of children and adults around the world on Oct. 8 as together they read The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle. Read more>>

The Kansan
October 9, 2009
Newston, Kansas students read for the record and help raise awareness about child literacy.
Read more>>

The Graham Leader
October 8, 2009
Graham, TX’s local Walmart store hosted a Read for the Record event! Read more>>