Mayor Deegan’s River City Readers Literacy Initiative Exceeds Expectations - Additional Events Scheduled
Mayor Donna Deegan launched River City Readers, her citywide reading challenge for school-age children, with a kick-off event at the Main Branch of the Jacksonville Public Library late last month.
According to Library officials, nearly 3,000 people attended the event, where thousands of books were distributed, along with almost 1,200 backpacks.
Mayor Deegan challenged all in attendance, and the entire city, to download a free app called Beanstack. Through this app, children and their caregivers can log their reading minutes with the goal of reading at least 20 minutes per day. At the end of the year, the city’s top young readers will be given prizes.
To date, more than 100,000 minutes of reading have already been logged in the Beanstack app.
“Twenty minutes of reading a day paves the way for a brighter future,” says Mayor Deegan. “I am excited to see that we are well on our way toward this year’s goal of logging 300,000 minutes, and I am looking forward to exceeding it.”
Mayor Deegan challenged all in attendance, and the entire city, to download a free app called Beanstack. Through this app, children and their caregivers can log their reading minutes with the goal of reading at least 20 minutes per day. At the end of the year, the city’s top young readers will be given prizes.
To date, more than 100,000 minutes of reading have already been logged in the Beanstack app.
“Twenty minutes of reading a day paves the way for a brighter future,” says Mayor Deegan. “I am excited to see that we are well on our way toward this year’s goal of logging 300,000 minutes, and I am looking forward to exceeding it.”