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Dear Supporter,
[click here to see Jimmy's response to Mayor Emanuel]
Mayor Emanuel announced that Chicago’s kids have read a record breaking 2.7 million books this summer as part of the Library Foundation-funded, Summer Learning Challenge, with over 83,000 of Chicago’s kids reading a total of 66 million minutes over the summer months.
The Summer Learning Challenge is designed to encourage more kids to participate and provide additional activities as opportunities for kids to grow and learn, serving as a cornerstone of the city-wide Summer of Learning initiative. Last year, 71,000 of Chicago’s kids read over 2.1 million books totaling 56 million minutes of reading over last summer.
Following the success of last year’s Summer Learning Challenge and the subsequent friendly dare between Mayor Emanuel and Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon who, along with Commissioner Brian Bannon, did the Polar Plunge earlier this year, Mayor Emanuel redoubled his belief in Chicago’s kids this summer challenging them to read 2.4 million books. He wagered that if the goal was reached, Fallon would have to host the Tonight Show in Chicago for the first time since 1998.
“It’s time to pick a venue, Jimmy,” Mayor Emanuel said. “And we have plenty of places in Chicago
that would be perfect for your show.”
We are deeply grateful to our dedicated individual donors and major sponsors for their funding of the Summer Learning Challenge: The James & Madeleine McMullan Foundation, Bank of America, Cubs Care fund of the McCormick Foundation, Comcast, Dr. Scholl Foundation, CPL Foundation Junior Board, Helen M. Harrison Foundation, Macys, Peoples Gas, Robert R. McCormick Foundation, ComEd, RR Donnelley, The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation, Verizon, The Field Foundation of Illinois, The Crown Family, Sarita Warshawsky, and RPM Advertising. 
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