Goals
1. To develop partnership with departments, agencies, businesses, organizations and the community to assist in the planning and implementation of the Reading Campaign.
2. To provide professional development opportunities to foster more effective methods in the teaching of reading.
3. To provide parents and the public with means for helping and encouraging students to read.
4. To promote active participation through special reading activities.
5. To promote reading throughout the community.

Benefits
The campaign benefits the community by:
• Forging a relationship among a variety of partners as they address the challenges facing students in reading.
• Heightening awareness of the relationship between poor reading skills, crime, unemployment, poverty and poor health.
• Emphasizing the rewards of good reading skills at personal, professional and community levels.
• Exposing the public to the rich profiles of writing, oratorical and educational accomplishments of Virgin Islanders.

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