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1 Pre-Assembly Society Hosted Hi everyone, As you know, this (INSERT DAY) we will be holding the Kick-Off Assembly for our MS Read-A-Thon campaign. A representative from the MS Society of Canada will be coming to the school to talk to us about multiple sclerosis and to explain why it is important to raise funds for the thousands of Canadians living with MS. The MS Read-A-Thon program is easily integrated into our day-to-day curriculum all the students have to do is read! I hope that I will have your support and that you will help to encourage your classes to get behind this campaign and make a difference in the lives of people in our community, around the country, and throughout the world. Please click here to watch a YouTube video called ABC Read for Me! which profiles motivated student participants in the MS Read-A-Thon alongside a few Canadians living with MS. The video is a great tool to show how easy it is to get involved in the program, and how supporting the campaign benefits those living with multiple sclerosis. Keep an eye out for further communication from me in the coming weeks regarding important program dates and instructions. Please come to me if you have any questions about the program, or would like to discuss ideas to help get your class involved. Thanks!

2 Pre-Assembly Program-In-A-Box Hi everyone, As you know, this (INSERT DAY) we will be holding the Kick-Off Assembly for our MS Read-A-Thon campaign. As the, I will be giving a presentation to the school. I will be talking about multiple sclerosis and explaining why it is important to raise funds for the thousands of Canadians living with MS. The MS Read-A-Thon program is easily integrated into our day-to-day curriculum all the students have to do is read! I hope that I will have your support and that you will help to encourage your classes to get behind this campaign and make a difference in the lives of people in our community, around the country, and throughout the world. Please click here to watch a YouTube video called ABC Read for Me! which profiles motivated student participants in the MS Read-A-Thon alongside a few Canadians living with MS. The video is a great tool to show how easy it is to get involved in the program, and how supporting the campaign benefits those living with multiple sclerosis. Keep an eye out for further communication from me in the coming weeks regarding important program dates and instructions. Please come to me if you have any questions about the program, or would like to discuss ideas to help get your class involved. Thanks!

3 Post-Assembly Instructions Hi all, Thank you for attending today s MS Read-A-Thon Kick-Off Assembly. I hope that you are as enthusiastic about this campaign as I am, and that you ve learned a bit more about the cause that we are supporting. As I mentioned in my previous , I have some important dates for you to keep in mind and some ideas to help you incorporate the program into your classroom activities. Our reading period begins today and will run until (INSERT END DATE). During this time, I encourage you to set reading and fundraising goals with your class. You can set individual goals for each student or work as a team to achieve a certain amount of minutes read and dollars raised. Remind them that every bit counts and that by participating in the MS Read-A-Thon, they will be helping people throughout Canada who are living with multiple sclerosis. If you need some help motivating them to get involved, check out the MS Read-A-Thon website (msreadathon.ca) to find printable classroom activities, such as word search games, downloadable books about MS, and book review templates. You will also find fundraising ideas and more details about how to explain multiple sclerosis to kids. Also, click here to open a link to a YouTube video that you can share with your class. It s a fun play on the song I Gotta Feeling by the Black-Eyed Peas to encourage kids to get reading I m sure the students will recognize it! Let me know if you have any questions, and remember the more we read, the more we raise, the more we help! Take care,

4 Money Collection Week BRINKS Pick-up It s hard to believe, but our MS Read-A-Thon campaign is coming to an end! This (INSERT DAY OF WEEK) marks the last day of our reading period, and next week will be our collection week. Please use the Class Collection envelope you received after the Kick-Off Assembly to track all the Student Pledge Kits that are returned to you. Students will indicate the total amount raised at the top of the Student Pledge Sheet, but you do not need to open each kit to count the money that is returned the MS Society will do all of that for us! Simply tally the amounts submitted on the tracking sheet on the back of the Class Collection envelope and return it to me by (LAST DAY OF COLLECTION). Individual Awards: receive the students prizes in 6-8 weeks. When they arrive, I will be coming around to each class with a list of prizes to be distributed to your students. 10% cheque or Scholastic voucher: receive the (cheque/scholastic voucher) for 10% of the funds raised by our school in 6-8 weeks. When it arrives, I will be coming around to each class with a thank you gift for every student who participated as a token of appreciation from the MS Read-A-Thon team. 100% donation: receive a thank you gift in 6-8 weeks for every student who participated in the program as a token of appreciation from the MS Read-A-Thon team. BRINKS is only able to come to the school once, so it is very important that we have our funds ready for our pick-up. If any students submit funds after the deadline, please bring them to me immediately so I can alert the MS Read-A-Thon staff and get their funds quickly included in our school s total. Thank you all for your support during this program; I couldn t have done it without you! Our efforts have helped thousands of Canadians who are living with MS take one step closer to a cure. Please come to me with any questions about the collection process or the next steps of the program. Thanks again!

5 Money Collection Week Out of Service It s hard to believe, but our MS Read-A-Thon campaign is coming to an end! This (INSERT DAY OF WEEK) marks the last day of our reading period, and next week will be our collection week. Please use the Class Collection envelope you received after the Kick-Off Assembly to track all the Student Pledge Kits that are returned to you. Students will have indicated the amount raised at the top of the Student Pledge Sheet, so please open the kits and verify the amount submitted. Use the Class Collection Envelope to tally the amount raised by your class and return it to me by (LAST DAY OF COLLECTION). The main office will be writing a cheque for our total amount raised and then sending it to the MS Read- A-Thon office on (INSERT DAY). Individual Awards: We can expect to receive the students prizes approximately 6-8 weeks after the cheque has been mailed. When they arrive, I will be coming around to each class with a list of prizes to be distributed to your students. 10% cheque or Scholastic voucher: We can expect to receive the (cheque/scholastic voucher) for 10% of the funds raised by our school approximately 6-8 weeks after the cheque has been mailed. When it arrives, I will be coming around to each class with a thank-you gift for every student who participated as a token of appreciation from the MS Read-A-Thon team. 100% donation: We can expect to receive a thank-you gift approximately 6-8 weeks after the cheque has been mailed for every student who participated in the program as a token of appreciation from the MS Read-A-Thon team. If any students submit funds after the deadline, please bring them to me immediately so I can alert the MS Read-A-Thon staff and get their funds included in our school s total as quickly as possible. Thank you all for your support during this program; I couldn t have done it without you! Our have helped thousands of Canadians who are living with MS take one step closer to a cure. Please come to me with any questions about the collection process or the next steps of the program. Thanks again,