Read-A-Palooza 2024

Join me and SitStayRead for Read-A-Palooza 2024, our first annual month-long reading challenge and peer-to-peer fundraiser to support our work across Chicago this school year!

Our impact. SitStayRead works primarily with kindergarten though second-grade students in Chicago's low-income communities.  We bring dogs into the classrooms to buid reading confidence and unlock empowerment through reading.  We also provide access to books and have distributed tens of thousands of new books to our students and their families.

Here's how you can help:

• I'm reading "West With Giraffes" by Lynda Rutledge.  Join me!
• Donate: Contribute whatever you can. No amount is too small!
• Spread the Word: Share my fundraising page with your friends, family, and social networks. Let’s spread awareness so we can raise more!
• Join us on Saturday, October 12 from 10 am to noon at Fred Anderson Park and Dog Park to celebrate and meet your fellow readers and our event sponsors! Bring your tracker along so we can recognize your effiorts.

Thank you for standing by me in this effort. Your support means the world to me!