2. Change A Child’s Story The Challenge  A new state law mandates 3 rd grade students not reading at grade level to not be allowed to move on to 4 th grade.  This law could impact more than 5,000 local students.  You can help prepare more young children to succeed in school and life by joining Valley of the Sun United Way’s Million Minutes Volunteer Reading Challenge.

3. About Million Minutes Goal  Recruit hundreds of volunteers to read to children at: o community learning centers o schools or libraries o nonprofit organizations  Log 1,000,000 minutes of reading to school- aged children in the Valley to improve literacy and raise awareness for grade-level reading.  The program goes through May 2014.

4. Million Minutes Challenge Create a “team” of readers from friends, family, and colleagues. Leaders register a “team name” and invite others to join by sending them to our Million Minutes webpage to sign up. Participants receive a monthly team status report on progress to date. At the end, United Way will reward the team with the most minutes logged with a gift for their favorite reading organization. Program Details

5. Get Started Today Visit: vsuw.org/millionminutes  Create or Join a team  Access Reading Resources o Reading locations o Recommended books by age o Volunteer reading tips o Minutes Read log o Leader Board of top teams