Twenty-Four Hour Reading Marathon to Benefit Lubbock Public Library, Area Literacy
February 6, 2006
Written by Michael Castellon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: Feb. 6, 2006
CONTACT: Michael Castellon, m.castellon@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK – Sex, Violence, and Horses will be the theme of a 24-hour marathon reading
featuring members of the Texas Tech and Lubbock communities. The event, which is sponsored
by Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society at Texas Tech University,
will raise money for the Lubbock Coalition for Literacy and Lubbock Public Library.
The 24-hour reading begins Friday, Feb. 10, at 3 p.m. and ends at 3 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 11.
This year’s theme, Sex, Violence, and Horses: Who Knew Reading Could Be This Fun?!,
features stories from the Texas Tech University Southwest Collection.
Free food and prizes will be available throughout the event, which is open to the
public.
To volunteer to read at the event, or to sponsor a reader for a minimum donation of
$25, visit http://www.english.ttu.edu/SigTD/index.htm.
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CONTACT: Stephanie De Leon, The International English Honor Society at Texas Tech
University, (806) 742-2501, or stephdeleon123@hotmail.com.