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Read to Rescue: GEPL's 2014 Summer Reading Program

The Glen Ellyn Public Library is proud to announce that community
members can help provide funding to the Willowbrook Wildlife Center by
participating in the library’s 2014 Summer Reading Program, Read to Rescue.



Read to Rescue
challenges Glen Ellyn adults to read 6,000 books and Glen Ellyn children to
read 70,000 hours between May 12 and August 11. In response to the community’s
commitment to achieve such lofty reading goals, the Friends of the Glen Ellyn
Public Library will donate enough funding to provide 60 weeks of care to an
injured or orphaned animal at the Willowbrook Wildlife Center.

In addition to reading toward a worthy cause, the library is
also offering the community great prizes for sign up and participation.

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Kids (from birth through 8th grade) will receive
animal crackers upon sign up. Additional prizes include books, patches,
bookmarks and more.



Teens (ages 13 through 18) will receive a free
t-shirt upon sign up. Then they can select from a variety of gift cards,
including Amazon and Starbucks, after logging their first book (at
gepl.org/summer). Teens will receive a book credit for every book read and for
every book review (at least 250 words) emailed to Teen Librarian Hannah Rapp at
hrapp@gepl.org.    

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Teen Twitter users can also receive a book credit for every
five tweets they send about what they are reading to @GEPLTEENSCENE (teens must
be following @GEPLTEENSCENE to receive book credits).



For every five book credits a teen earns, he will receive an
entry to win one of two $200 Ticketmaster gift cards.



Adults (age 18 and older) will receive a milk chocolate
goose upon sign up. Adults will also be entered to win a one-year family
membership to Shedd Aquarium, Brookfield Zoo or Cosley Zoo.



Library members can register for Read to Rescue starting at 9am on Monday, May 12 by visiting gepl.org/summer. 



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