Whoopi Goldberg Teams Up with Scholastic Book Clubs and Classrooms Nationwide to Put Books in the Hands of Children in Need
Wake Up With Whoopi! and Scholastic Book Clubs’ ClassroomsCare Provide
100,000 Books for the Whoopi! We’re Reading! Sweepstakes
Winning Classrooms Will Donate 1,000 Books to Charities of Their Choice
New York, NY (October 23, 2007) — Continuing their commitment to promoting literacy for all children, Whoopi Goldberg and Scholastic Book Clubs today announced the launch of the Whoopi! We’re Reading! Sweepstakes as part of the Scholastic Book Clubs’ ClassroomsCare program.
The actor, comedienne, author of Whoopi’s Big Book of Manners and producer and host of the syndicated Wake Up with Whoopi! radio program is inviting classrooms from across the country to read 100 books for a chance to win 1,000 books for them to donate to the local charity or charities of their choice. One hundred winning classes will be chosen.
