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Your Chance To Go On A Boat Ride With Josh Duhamel Jul 25, 2018

Here’s your chance to go on a boat ride with Josh Duhamel – and all you have to do is donate to charity. More →

Stars To Take Part In Bloomberg Tradebook Charity Day Today Oct 27, 2016

Bloomberg Tradebook’s annual Charity Day, now in its fifth year, will bring together employees and celebrity guests on October 27th to raise funds in support of charitable causes around the globe. More →

Josh Duhamel Reads For The Record Jul 16, 2014

Josh Duhamel is the official celebrity ambassador for Jumpstart's Read for the Record 2014 campaign. More →

Tiffani Thiessen Helps Jumpstart Break Charity Record Oct 28, 2013

Jumpstart, a national early education non-profit organization, today announced that its 2013 Read for the Record campaign has successfully broken the world reading record, surpassing last year’s record of 2.3 million adults and children who participated in 2012. More →

Photos: Tiffani Thiessen Reads To Preschool Kids Oct 7, 2013

Tiffani Thiessen visited a preschool and read to them “Otis” by Loren Long last week in order to help national non-profit Jumpstart help break the world record for the number of people reading the same book on the same day. More →

Jumpstart Celebrates 8th Annual Read For The Record With Tiffani Thiessen Oct 3, 2013

Jumpstart's Read for the Record, presented in partnership with the Pearson Foundation, will take place in schools, libraries, offices, and homes across the country on October 3, 2013, a day in which millions of young people and adults will come together to read the children’s book Otis. More →

Tiffani Thiessen Named As Jumpstart Ambassador May 21, 2013

Jumpstart, a national early education non-­profit organization, announced this week that actress and star of USA’s White Collar, Tiffani Thiessen, is the official celebrity ambassador of the 2013 Read for the Record campaign. More →

Jumpstart Hosts Boston Scribbles To Novels Event May 6, 2013

Jumpstart hosted their annual Boston Scribbles to Novels event on May 2. More →

Tina Fey Participates In Jumpstart's Annual Scribbles To Novels Event‏ Apr 22, 2013

On April 17, Jumpstart – a national early education organization – brought New York Times best-­selling author, acclaimed actress and producer Tina Fey (Bossypants) and Cindi Leive, editor-­in-­chief, Glamour magazine to its 8th annual Scribbles to Novels event at Cipriani Wall Street. More →

Tina Fey Gets Ice Cold For Charity Apr 1, 2013

What’s better than ice cream that tastes good and does good at the same time? Ben & Jerry’s delicious new flavor, Liz Lemon, was created in collaboration with Tina Fey, a long-time Jumpstart champion and the star of NBC’s 30 Rock. More →

Ashanti Named As 2012 Read For The Record Ambassador Sep 13, 2012

Jumpstart, a national early education non-profit organization, announced today that GRAMMY Award winning, multi-platinum artist, Ashanti, is the official celebrity ambassador of the 2012 Read for the Record campaign. More →

Stars Celebrate Literacy Across The U.S. Jun 1, 2012

Jumpstart's recent Scribbles to Novels galas in Boston, New York City and San Francisco gathered acclaimed authors and dignitaries to celebrate the literary journey that takes a child from scribbles…to novels. More →

Stars Help Break World Record For Reading With Jumpstart Oct 31, 2011

Jumpstart's Read for the Record 2011 campaign, presented in partnership with Pearson Foundation, has officially set a new world record for the world’s largest shared reading experience. On October 6, adults across the globe read Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney to 2,184,155 children. More →

Warren Buffett Gets Animated For Charity Oct 27, 2011

A Squared Entertainment and By Kids For Kids Co. have teamed up with CreditReport.com to launch Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaires Club “Learn and Earn” financial literacy promotion. More →

Elisabeth Rohm Reads For The Record Oct 10, 2011

Actress Elisabeth Rohm – co-star of Taylor Lautner’s recent film Abduction – was seen reading to children at the Gymboree Play & Music of the Westside Pavilion in Los Angeles on October 6 as part of Jumpstart's Read for the Record event. More →

Jumpstart Launches 2011 Read For The Record Campaign Sep 5, 2011

On October 6, millions of people across the globe will read the same book, Llama Llama Red Pajama, as part of Jumpstart's annual Read for the Record Day. The simple act of reading with a child on this one day translates into year-long educational support for preschool children from low-income communities, many of whom grow up in homes without a single book. More →

Mariska Hargitay Reads For The Record At Charity Block Party Oct 7, 2010

Law and Order’s Mariska Hargitay attended a very special charity event in Central Park, NYC, last weekend. More →

Jennifer Stone Reads For The Record With Charity Campaign Sep 30, 2010

Actress Jennifer Stone, of the Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place and the movie Harriett the Spy has teamed up with Jumpstart to be an ambassador for this year’s Read for the Record campaign. More →

Jumpstart Launches 2010 Read For The Record Campaign Aug 18, 2010

Jumpstart's Read for the Record campaign is back, and hopes to smash last year’s record of people reading the same book at the same time. More →

Vote For This Year's Read For The Record Charity Campaign Book Feb 17, 2010

Last year, Jumpstart's Read for the Record 2009 campaign officially set a new record for the world’s largest shared reading experience – on Oct. 8th, adults across the globe read Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar to 2,019,752 children! And now the charity wants you to choose the official campaign book for 2010. More →

Jumpstart Sets New Charity Record For Reading Nov 24, 2009

Jumpstart's Read for the Record 2009 campaign officially set a new record for the world’s largest shared reading experience. On Oct. 8th, adults across the globe read Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar to 2,019,752 children! This year’s campaign shattered the previous record of 688,000, set by Jumpstart’s Read for the Record 2008. More →

Nelly Furtado Reads For The Record Sep 17, 2009

Look To The Stars’ Regina Walton attended a very special reading of a classic children’s story and filed this report. More →

Win A Signed Copy of a Classic Children's Book Sep 11, 2009

Nelly Furtado is the latest celebrity to join the campaign to bring the joy of reading to children through Jumpstart's Read for the Record campaign. More →

Mary-Louise Parker Joins Read for the Record Sep 2, 2009

Mary-Louise Parker is joining in for Jumpstart's Read for the Record campaign. More →

Lo Bosworth Shares a Caterpillar Aug 31, 2009

The Hills, Lo Bosworth is joining this year’s Read for the Record© campaign, taking place October 8, 2009, and you can join her Very Virtual Book Drive. More →

LTTS Exclusive: An Interview With The Hill's Lo Bosworth May 5, 2009

Lo Bosworth – star of the hit MTV television show The Hills – is a young female philanthropist who truly believes in education. More →

Julianne Hough Issues $100,000 Challenge To Map Play Places Mar 24, 2009

Two-time “Dancing with the Stars” champion and Mercury Nashville recording artist Julianne Hough has partnered up with KaBOOM!, a national non-profit, to map and rate playspaces everywhere online. Once it has this comprehensive user-generated playground audit, KaBOOM! will know which areas of the country have a great place for kids to play every day and which areas fall short. Toward this end, Julianne will donate $1 to select charities every time someone uploads a new place to play (up to $100,000). More →