SAVE THE DATE!

Read-A-Palooza is coming back this fall for a second year and we can't wait to make it an even bigger kids' literacy celebration. As with last year, Read-A-Palooza is the culmination of a month-long back-to-school read-a-thon and peer-to-peer fundraiser.

Beginning in August, you’ll be able to register as an individual or a team on our fundraising platform! For the month of September, readers will track their reading 15 minutes or more each day, or use another preferred metric to track progress. Participants are encouraged to invite their networks to support their read-a-thon efforts by donating to SitStayRead through their personalized peer-to-peer fundraising pages on the Read-A-Palooza 2025 platform.

Non-fundraising registration allows our school partners and students to participate!

Check back when our platform goes live and join the SitStayRead community in celebrating the return to school with a month-long reading challenge and peer-to-peer fundraiser to support our work across Chicago!

All participants are invited to a culminating celebration on Saturday, October 4 at Austin Town Hall Park at 5610 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60644 to enjoy breakfast refreshments, prizes, book and dog item giveaways, live entertainment and booths with literacy games.