• Sonoma County Library
• Libby – free when connected to your Sonoma County Library Card
• Scholastic Parents
• Epic! Free for 30 days
• Barnes & Noble Kids eBooks
• Amazon Kindle Free Kids eBooks

to our first Read-a-thon sponsored by the Bennett Valley Alliance of Parents and Teachers! We are so excited to bring you Reading is a Blast! – an interactive week of reading and fun for your whole family! All grade levels will participate – from TK to 6th grade. During the week of September 14-18, your students will party with us as they track the minutes they read, participate in daily themes, enjoy nightly district-wide reading time, and much more!

We are also excited to bring you an online auction with fabulous items for parents to browse and bid on throughout the week. We will have individual items, teacher and staff experiences, and packages for auction that will be sure to delight!

All the money raised through this event will help BVAPT fund virtual field trips, technology, teacher and principal stipends, library, sensory materials, community events, PE, teacher grants, and so much more! Keep reading to learn all about the Read-a-thon and how you can help make this a successful fundraiser! If you have questions, contact Ellen Keegan and Cassie Volt at readathon@bvapt.org. Also, visit us online at bvapt.org/readathon.

We’ve partnered with 99Pledges again to make donating quick and easy! You will receive an email directly from 99Pledges with your student’s information, or you can follow the steps below to access his/her donation page.

Here’s how it works:

1. Click the RED PLEDGE BUTTON at bvapt.org/readathon.

2. Find Your Student’s Page: Each student has their own donation page already created! Find your student’s page by entering their name in the “search by participant” box. This makes it easy for parents and students to track, share, and donate on their own pledge page!

3. Personalization & Share: Your student’s page has a standard message that can be sent to request donations or you can personalize the message and even add a photo! Then, SHARE! SHARE! SHARE! Send your student’s unique pledge page link to your family, friends, neighbors and coworkers! You can copy and paste this into an email or simply click the “Help Spread the Word” icon to share by email, Facebook, and Twitter.

4. Follow Up: Check your page often to see who has donated and send a reminder to those that want to still donate.

5. Tax ID: Online donors receive an emailed tax deductible receipt that includes the BVAPT Tax ID number.

6. RAFFLE PRIZE!!! We will be raffling 10 prizes to 10 students. For every $10 the student raises by September 20, they will earn one entry.

7. KONA ICE PARTY!!!! The class that raises the most money at Yulupa and Strawberry will each earn a drive-thru Kona Ice Sno-cone party!