Kimmie To Hold Reading Contest Benefiting Cancer Patients

Posted on Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 at 5:15 pm

Harford County olympian Kimmie Meissner has issued a reading challenge to kids and teachers all over the state.

Meissner discussed her new Cool Kids Challenge Read-A-Thon plans with service learning coordinators at the Maryland Board of Education headquarters in downtown Baltimore Tuesday.

In the challenge, participating schools would pit students against teachers to see who can read the most books in March and April of next year. The money raised will go to Meissner’s campaign that helps children with cancer.

Meissner and campaign officials said the money raised comes from pledges that the kids will get. They said celebrity readers will add to the kids’ totals.

Twenty-three schools have already signed up for the challenge.

Pediatric oncology patients at Johns Hopkins Hospital, University of Maryland Medical Center and Mount Sinai Hospital will benefit from the campaign.

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