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Univision 41, Ford and Scholastic Books Sponsor “Todos a Leer” Event, Featuring a Special Day of Reading at the Amber Charter School
New York, NY -- Following up on the resounding success of their previous “Todos a Leer” (Let’s All Read) events, Univision 41 (WXTV), Ford, and Scholastic Books will present the next event in their series of Read Aloud Days on Wednesday, March 23rd from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at The Amber Charter School, 220 East 106th Street, NYC. During the program, Univision 41, 92.7 Latino Mix 105.9 FM and Radio WADO on-air personalities, along with community leaders, education professionals, and local authors will read books aloud to students in different classrooms, followed by a discussion on the books’ content.
As with each previous “Todos a Leer” event, the March 23rd presentation will include a variety of components to promote and educate parents and students on the importance of reading and education and to urge parents to read to their children regularly at home. Univision 41 and Ford will display banners at the school; and Scholastics Books also will distribute free books to approximately 500 children. The Amber Charter School is also organizing a variety of events surrounding “Todos a Leer,” including a reading contest for students. A total of three gift certificates will be awarded to the first, second and third place contest winners. Following the event, the school will submit a written and illustrated report about the program, and in exchange will receive a Dell computer valued at $500.
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 80% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 24 Univision Network television stations and 1 non-Univision television station; TeleFutura Television Group, which owns and operates 33 TeleFutura Network television stations; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 68 radio stations in 17 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 27% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
For more information, please visit www.univision.net
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