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KPMG's Nationwide "Reading Relay" comes to Perkerson Elementary, 11/8

KPMG volunteers will read to students; Each student will receive five new books to take home;

As part of KPMG’s nationwide “Reading Relay,” offices throughout are conducting events in the coming weeks at schools and organizations that serve children from low-income families at which KPMG people, spouses, other family members, and alumni, will volunteer their time to read to children and give each student five new books to take home with them.

According to KPMG, "children in low-income communities are 4 times more likely to drop-out of high school due to illiteracy, and early-intervention is the best way to break the cycle."

As a result, today, November 8th at 9:00am, the local KPMG will be hosting a reading relay at Perkerson Elementary School in Atlanta. This event is part of KPMG's Family For Literacy (KFFL) program. KFFL has launched a nation wide Reading Relay that will go to more than 75 communities across the country in four weeks.  

In Atlanta, KPMG volunteers will host a general assembly in the media center for 75 third grade students and read to more than 500 students in their classrooms. Volunteers will be joined by a costumed character from Where the Wild Things Are and Kiffle, KPMG’s kangaroo mascot.

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At this event, the volunteers will celebrate a love of reading and will transform schools into the fantasy world of a classic storybook tale. Even more, KPMG will give each kid 5 brand new books to take home

WHO: KPMG Volunteers and Students of Perkerson Elementary School 

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WHERE: Perkerson Elementary, 2040 Brewer Boulevard SWAtlanta, GA 30315

WHY: KPMG’s Family for Literacy program is devoted to combating childhood illiteracy.  Children who read below grade level in fourth grade are four times as likely to become high school drop-outs. The toughest roadblock to literacy in low-income communities is a lack of access to books.


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