13th Annual Rotary Reads Across Corvallis

Children love to celebrate birthdays and the birthday of one of their all-time favorite authors is cause for polka-dot purple cake with green eggs and ham! The Rotary Club of Greater Corvallis will connect with over 1,000 elementary students in the Corvallis School District to, on Monday, March 3, 2014 to celebrate the birthday of beloved author, Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.  Rotarians from all five Benton County Rotary Clubs will fan across the Corvallis School District’s elementary schools to honor the good doctor and celebrate the fun and value of reading.  The goal of the Rotary project is to help instill the love of reading in children and advance literacy in our community.  This is the thirteenth annual Read Across Corvallis event and it is shaping up to be the biggest event ever, involving Rotarians from all Rotary clubs in the city.  Each Rotarian reader will be wearing the famous red and white stovetop hat made famous by Dr. Seuss in his book, “The Cat in the Hat.”  Additionally, each child  will receive a birthday gift of a Seuss themed pencil and a Dr. Seuss bookmark.   It promises to be a Seuss-sational reading event!