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Vancouver Canadians' Rob Fai and Tom Archibald (r) participate in the Vancouver Sun's annual Raise-A-Reader day in downtown Vancouver, BC., September 25, 2013.

Photograph by: Nick Procaylo , PNG

A $90,000 donation from The Vancouver Sun’s Raise-a-Reader campaign will support the expansion of the Vancouver Public Library’s popular children’s literacy program.

The grant will also support a brand new program next year.

The library’s Man in the Moon program in which fathers read to their children will expand to two more East Vancouver branches in 2014 while a new after-school reading and activity program will be held at two other east side branches starting in January.

“With this generous funding from the Raise-a-Reader campaign we are excited to be expanding our programming for children and families and further supporting a culture of reading,” said Julie Iannacone, the VPL manager of services for children and teens.

Raise-a-Reader has been raising awareness and money for literacy since 1997 — since then, it has raised nearly $7 million in Vancouver alone with B.C. government support — benefiting literacy organizations and literacy initiatives throughout the province.

“VPL leads vital literacy programs for children and families,” says Patricia Wu, The Vancouver Sun’s manager of local marketing for Western Canada. “These programs are important, as they help build lifelong skills for their participants, which in turn positively impacts our community.

gbellett@vancouversun.com

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Vancouver Canadians' Rob Fai and Tom Archibald (r) participate in the Vancouver Sun's annual Raise-A-Reader day in downtown Vancouver, BC., September 25, 2013.

Photograph by: Nick Procaylo, PNG

 
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Vancouver Canucks alumnus Kirk McLean and fans in downtown Vancouver on Sept. 25  as Raise-A-Reader celebrates its 17th year in Vancouver, helping to raise funds for illiteracy in B.C.
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