It’s almost time for Mt. Prospect residents to begin reading. At least, that’s what the organizers of the Mt. Prospect All-Star Reading Program are hoping.
The Mt. Prospect Sunrise Rotary Club, the Mt. Prospect Public Library and High School District 214 are co-sponsoring a one-year reading program starting Jan. 1.
The aim of the program is to match Mt. Prospect’s population, 53,170, with an equivalent number of books read or hours of tutoring.
Participants will keep track of the books they read or hours they tutor and turn in registration forms throughout the year.
Only books from the Mt. Prospect All-Star Reading List, to be compiled by public and school librarians, will count toward the goal.
There will be quarterly incentives, such as store coupons and prizes, at the end of the year for those who meet the program’s goals.
