On September 8 at 12 noon "stop what you're doing - pick up a book, community newspaper, anything - and READ."

That's the message of the Take 5 and READ campaign, a special promotion for September 8, International Literacy Day. The campaign is designed to draw attention to the importance of literacy in our everyday lives.

Literacy B.C. will provide International Literacy Day kits to help you promote literacy and the Take 5 and READ event in your community. The kits will be mailed mid-August to public libraries and the literacy field in B.C.

The campaign is sponsored by the B.C. Library Association; the B. C. and Yukon Community Newspapers Association; Canada Post Corporation; Fletcher Challenge Canada Ltd.; Library Services Branch, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing; Literacy B.C.; Public Library lnterLINK; and Vancouver Public Library.

For more information, call Literacy B.C. at 1-800-663-1293.

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