RAO Directions

1. Submit the entry fee, which is a requested donation of at least $10.
   
   
2. Set a reading and fundraising goal which will be obtained via pledges. This is optional and above and beyond the suggested entry fee. For example, if you want to raise $100 for Oregon Literacy, you might ask your sponsors to pledge $0.20 a page. You would then need to read 500 pages throughout the month of March. You might set a goal of getting five people to sponsor you, so that each person will pledge just $20 a piece. Oregon Literacy suggests but does not require that a “page” be defined as a standard book size of full text at the reader’s appropriate reading level. You should negotiate with your sponsors the definition of your page, if needed.
   
   
3. Ask neighbors, friends, family, teachers, and co-workers to sponsor you. Record their pledge information on your pledge sheet. If a company would like to get involved please have them contact us directly. If a 501(c)3 non-profit organization would like to get involved they will be able to keep half the funds they raise (Oregon Literacy will organize the entire event for them). Contact Elizabeth Raymond at elizabeth@oregonliteracy.org or 503-244-3898.
   
   
4. Once you secure your pledges, record your reading by using the log provided in your “reader packet”. (You can even use the log as a bookmark!)
   
   
5. Read all you can during the month of March! Encourage others to read!
   
   
6. At the end of March contact the people on your pledge sheet and tell them how much you read and how much they owe you. Your sponsors should make checks payable to Oregon Literacy, and send them to you or to our office directly. If your sponsors choose to send in their checks directly to us, make sure they indicate who you are. If your sponsor would like their contribution to be tax deductible, let Oregon Literacy know so we can provide them with the appropriate documentation.
   
   
7. Please send in your pledges by April 13th, 2008.
   
   
8. Once you send in your pledges you will be eligible for our prize drawing, which will occur April 30, 2008. You need not be present to win.
   
   
9. Contact Elizabeth Raymond at elizabeth@oregonliteracy.org or 503-244-3898 with any questions.

• To be eligible for prizes, readers must sign up for an entry package by March 6, 2008. Entry packages are available through Oregon Literacy, at 813 SW Alder Ave., Suite 450, Portland, OR 97205, OR 97204. Additionally, you may sign up online here or by sending an email to Elizabeth, or by calling 503-244-3898.
  
  
• In addition to signing up for an entry package, readers must turn in a complete reading list and all pledges to the Oregon Literacy offices by April 13, 2008.
  
  
• Odds of winning prizes will depend on the number of participants in Read Across Oregon, and the number of prizes donated by sponsors. Eligibility is determined by entry fee, but the more books, pages and money raised does increase the chances of winning.
  
  
• Every reader who turns in a completed reading list by April 13, 2008 (regardless of amount raised), will be eligible for a single prize drawing. No prize is worth more than $500. Staff and Board of Oregon Literacy are not eligible for drawings.
  
  
• Drawings to be held on April 30, 2008 at the Oregon Literacy offices, 813 SW Alder Ave., Suite 450, Portland, OR 97205. You need not be present to win.
  

Contact Elizabeth Raymond at elizabeth@oregonliteracy.org or 503-244-3898 with any questions.