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Watch for volunteers in bright t-shirts Wednesday raising funds for literacy programs across P.E.I.

This year’s Postmedia Raisea-Reader day, an annual event held in Canada to raise money for literacy programs, is rapidly approaching. This year’s date is Wednesday, Sept. 28. Across Prince Edward Island, employees of The Guardian and the Journal Pioneer, along with many local officials and personalities, will be out early in the morning raising funds for literacy programs across the Island.

Raise-a-Reader is a national campaign that promotes reading to children at an early age, setting the groundwork for a lifetime of literacy skills and a The following is a list of locations where Raise-a-Reader teams will be located in Prince County on Wednesday, Sept. 28.

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Tim Hortons – downtown Summerside McDonald’s – Granville Street Bakin’ Donuts – Water Street healthy interest in reading. The objectives of the Raisea-Reader campaign are to encourage families to read together and to raise funds and resources for family literacy programs and organizations. Wayne Thibodeau, regional editor for TC Media in Prince Edward Island and the coordinator Tim Hortons – Reads Corner Tim Hortons – ESSO Gateway, Borden-Carleton Tim Hortons – Granville St Mel’s PetroCan/Tim Hortons – Kensington Eugene’s General Store – Tignish Alberton Bakery and Café – Alberton Tim Hortons – O’Leary for Raise-a-Reader, say he is proud to be able to support the Raise-a-Reader campaign again this year. “The money – 100 per cent of it – that we raise stays in our community, stays in Prince Edward Island to support local literacy programs,” said Thibodeau Raise-a-Reader teams will be out in full force in Charlottetown and Summerside with teams at coffee shops throughout the cities along with government buildings and busy street corners. There will also be Raise-aReader teams in Souris, Montague, Kensington, O’Leary, Alberton and Tignish. To donate, go online to www.raiseareader.com/donate, click on “Charlottetown” under Fund/Designation. “The written word is a powerful thing, said Thibodeau. “Imagine what it’s like when the written word is an obstacle.” 0OMJOF IUUQ XXX DBOBEB DPN MJUFSBDZ SBJTFBSFBEFS DIBSMPUUFUPXO JOEFY IUNM

46#.*55&% 1)050 Zachary Chatfield, left, Liam Chatfield, and Charlie Ross along with TC Media’s mascot “Scoop” hawk papers at the Jones building in Charlottetown last year. The annual Raise-a-Reader fundraiser for literacy will take place Wednesday, Sept. 28 at...