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How the MS Read-A-Thon works

Registration

Contact your MS Read-A-Thon coordinator to choose the Kick-Off Assembly and awards option that work for your school. Contact us at 1-800-268-7582 ext. 3191 or rat@mssociety.ca or REGISTER ONLINE.


Before the Kick-Off Assembly

  • We will send an information package and everything you need to know to make the most of the MS Read-A-Thon at your school.
  • We will contact you to confirm your kick-off assembly dates.
  • Inform staff. Post the Staff Room poster and talk to the faculty about the program. Put the MS Read-A-Thon in the school calendar and use the Email Templates to communicate key dates to your colleagues.
  • Inform parents. Use the Newsletter Templates to send a notice home about the upcoming campaign or post it on your school's website
  • Share our classroom activities and MS Read-A-Thon videos to encourage teachers to incorporate the MS Read-A-Thon in their curriculum.
  • Start making morning announcements and ask all the staff and students to wear red to the assembly to show their enthusiasm.


Kick-Off Day

  • The Kick-Off Assembly is approximately 30 minutes in length and shares what multiple sclerosis is, the importance of reading and how the MS Read-A-Thon works with students and staff.
  • Encourage all teachers to attend with their class and talk to their students about what they learned and how their class will help!


During the reading period

  • After the assembly, students are given their student pledge kits that include all they need to start recording their reading and approaching sponsors.
  • Reading can take place as a class activity and at home for 2-3 weeks. During that time, students will be collecting donations for their reading. We emphasize in the assembly that there should be no door-to-door solicitation. Students are only to ask people they know to become a sponsor for the MS Read-A-Thon.
  • Use classroom activities to compliment your program.


After the reading period

  • Students submit their completed student pledge kits (Minute Tracking Sheet, Student Pledge Sheet and donations in the plastic baggie) to their teacher.
  • In most cases, the MS Read-A-Thon office will arrange for the funds to be picked up, counted and receipted.
  • Your chosen awards and participant thank-you gifts will be sent to your school.