SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNA (October 29, 2024) — Over 1,000 classrooms across the country will be participating in the United Through Reading “Story Time with a Service Member” event beginning on Veterans Day, Monday, November 11, and continuing all week, through Friday, November 15. United Through Reading will send a Veterans Day video package to participating schools with a library of video-recordings of service-members reading an entertaining and educational age-appropriate story to classrooms across the country.
The annual “Story Time with a Service Member” event demonstrates the organization’s steadfast commitment to facilitate the bonding experience between distant serving military-members and their loved ones, and members of the community, through video-recorded stories. In celebration of Veterans Day, the event creates tangible experiences amongst service-members and thousands of students through the fulfilling experience of reading aloud. “Story Time with a Service Member” gives students the opportunity to honor America’s veterans and gain an authentic understanding of the role military service members play in their communities and throughout the country.
“This important national event gives tens of thousands of students in classrooms throughout all fifty states the ability to gain a deeper appreciation of the men and women who serve in the military,” said Dr Sally Ann Zoll, CEO (Interim) of United Through Reading. “‘Story Time with a Service Member’ is an educational and fun way for these students to connect with our service-members in beautiful, emotional, and unexpected ways.”
In keeping with United Through Reading’s mission to connect military families through the shared bonding experience of reading aloud, the event also supports National Family Literacy Month and Military Family Month.
About United Through Reading
United Through Reading keeps military families reading-ready, no matter the distance between them. Families stay connected through story-time video-recordings and books sent to military families. These stories ease the stress of time apart due to military duty, maintain positive emotional connections, and cultivate a love of reading and early-childhood literacy. Service-members and veterans can record a story for their family at more than 400 United Through Reading recording locations worldwide, as well as on their mobile devices with their free and secure reading app. Since 1989, more than 3.4 million military family members have benefited from United Through Reading’s programs and services.
