Sandy’s Summer Splash Into Reading
Hall of Fame 2023
Greater Wausau Area’s reading incentive program & literacy fundraiser
44 LOCAL KIDS competed for prizes.
8 LOCAL BUSINESSES pledged 1 penny per minute.
Together they raised $2,005.94 for LOCAL LITERACY!
These sponsors pledged a combined total of $1,950* toward local literacy. But the kids read so much that Office Enterprises, Inc. agreed to cover the extra minutes! Together the sponsors and kids raised $2005.94!
*Pledges: Office Enterprises, Inc. – $555.94 | Westphal Staffing – $300 | JARP – $300 | Inspired by Design Interiors – $200 | Wausau Tax & Accounting – $200 | Super Lettering & Signs – $200 | SK Design – $200 | Aplomb PR – $50
Congrats to the 2023 contest prize winners!
TAYLER T won the GRAND PRIZE DRAWING!
1st Place – Olivia L.
2nd Place – Zeoy P.
3rd Place – Carsyn J.
WEEKLY READING WARRIOR WINNER: Wyatt L.
Each participant received a sticker sheet!
Prizes and sticker sheets for participants were available for pick up at Clean Slate Coffee House, and parents got FREE COFFEE PERKS
1027 E Grand Ave, Rothschild, WI 54474
Winners were announced at 10am on Monday, July 31 at Community Partners Campus
THANK YOU, 2023 PRIZE SPONSORS!
SPECIAL THANKS TO SUN – EVENT PRINT SPONSOR
supporting the event through posters, point-of-display reading logs, signage and more!
Be sure to check out the SUN PRINTING WEBSITE to see more of their professional printing capabilities!
LITERACY PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES
Wausau Early Birds Rotary Club Reading to Go Program
The Wausau Early Birds Rotary Club Reading to Go program is a group of caring Rotary members who teach early literacy strategies in collaboration with Wausau School District, D.C. Everest School District and Newman Catholic Schools.
McLit – Marathon County Literacy Council
McLit Mission: Improving quality of life through literacy
McLit Vision: To be an organization that provides educational information and resources to everyone through the promotion of literacy programs, and support those in need by mentoring, tutoring, teaching, and coaching.
In 2023, McLit tutors find themselves addressing our community’s growing ESL (English as a second language) tutoring needs.
NEWS
Kids ages six to twelve kept track of the minutes they read every week from June 4 to July 15, 2023. Parents submitted weekly reading totals online. For each week of participation, kids got a chance to win the GRAND PRIZE DRAWING! The TOP 3 READERS and WEEKLY READING WARRIOR were awarded special prizes, and the first 50 kids to sign up received a sticker sheet!
Parents earned FREE COFFEE PERKS from Clean Slate Coffee House for every week their children participated!
Who’s Sandy?
~ From the event organizer and author-illustrator, Jessica Kopecky
Sandy is the main character of Secret of the Starflower: Rainbow of Spectra, an award-winning, full-color children’s chapter book I published in the summer of 2021. Parents gave feedback that the story engaged their reluctant readers. The following summer I created a yearly reading program to further incentivize young readers and boost literacy.
