How the MS Read-A-Thon works
A representative from the MS Society of Canada presented a 30 minute assembly at your child's school and educated the students about what multiple sclerosis is, how important recreational reading is, and how the MS Read-A-Thon works.
We asked which students would like to participate, and your child agreed to. We gave them a student kit, including the sponsor list and reading list, to take home.
As of today, all of the books that your child reads will count towards the MS Read-A-Thon. Please help them to record their progress on their kit and initial next to the books/minutes that are read. He/she will read for the next 2-4 weeks, depending on the date of the school assembly.
Your child will ask you and other friends and family to be sponsors for them. We tell them in the assembly that sponsors are not strangers. Sponsors are only people that they know. Sponsors can donate a flat rate or on a per minute basis.
At the end of the reading period, your child will collect pledges from the sponsors. If possible, please write a cheque or obtain a money order for all of the money that they collect. If this is not possible, cash and coin are fine as well.
Help them put their kit and their pledges into the envelope that we provide. A plain envelope is ok too, but please put their name and school on the outside.
They will bring the envelope to school and drop it in the MS Read-A-Thon mailbox in the office of the school.
We will do all of the counting and receipting and will send a thank you award to your child.
You and your child will have helped those who have MS and will have helped us get closer to a cure, one book at a time.
