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For Immediate Release Date: January 10, 2017 Contact: Leslie Piotrowski (847) 377-8055
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Waukegan, Ill. – As a community partner, the Lake County Health Department
has committed to the 30-Million-Word Campaign. The
initiative is encouraging parents to read more to their children, since there
is a direct correlation between early verbal experiences in childhood and later
achievement.
In connection with the campaign, the Department has launched
a free “Leaders are Readers” series in which community leaders read to children
on a monthly basis. Lake County State’s
Attorney Michael G. Nerheim will be the guest reader at the next Leaders are
Readers event at the North Chicago Health Center, 2215 14th Street
in North Chicago. The event will take place Saturday, January 14, from 12:30 to
1:30 p.m. The series will continue on
the second Saturday of each month. In
addition to the reading, games and fun activities will be provided.
For more information, please send an email to: ksingleton-Reed@lakecountyil.gov.
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