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<p style="margin-top:.1pt"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">FYI: The following press release was just posted to FlashNews and will hopefully be picked up in local newspapers across the state this week. Think Big Save for
College and local public library summer reading programs will also be promoted on
<b>AM Northwest </b>on <b>Monday, June 4<sup>th</sup></b>. For more details about statewide promotion of summer reading and Think Big Save for College, please read the email I sent out on this list on May 8<sup>th</sup> (<a href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/kids-lib/2012-May/001131.html">http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/kids-lib/2012-May/001131.html</a>).
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:.1pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Chris Crabb, LWA PR</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
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<p align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Summer reading can lead to college savings: Oregon College Savings Plan
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<p align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">teams up with Oregon public libraries$B!G(B summer reading programs</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">$B!H(BTHINK BIG Save for College$B!I(B campaign will award up to 15 $1,000 Oregon College<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Savings Plan accounts, plus $7,500 to Oregon public libraries<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">SALEM, Ore. (May 29, 2012) –
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Statistics point to potentially significant loss of learning when young people are not in school during the summer.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121">In an effort to get books in the hands of children, the</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Oregon College Savings Plan has partnered
with the Oregon State Library and the Oregon Library Association to offer <b><i>THINK BIG Save for College</i></b>, a statewide campaign designed to promote Oregon public libraries$B!G(B summer reading programs.
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">THINK BIG Save for College</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> encourages kids and teens to participate in their
local library$B!G(Bs summer reading program as a fun way to maintain their reading skills and prepare for the coming school year during summer break -- while giving their parents a chance to win a $1,000 Oregon College Savings Plan account. Up to 15 winners, three
from each Oregon congressional district, will be selected in a random drawing. Every library with a winning child will also receive $500.
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">THINK BIG Save for College</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> kicks off June 1 across the state and continues through
August 31. Last year, nearly 162,000 children and teens statewide participated in the summer reading programs offered at public libraries throughout Oregon, reading more than 165,000 books and 678,000 pages, according to the Oregon State Library.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">"The statistics regarding the loss of academic knowledge over the summer break are staggering,$B!I(B explained Michael Parker, executive director of the Oregon 529 College
Savings Network. $B!H(BThat$B!G(Bs why it$B!G(Bs so important to us to partner with the Oregon State Library and the Oregon Library Association on this program. Access to books over the summer improves reading skills and overall academic performance, which will help kids
prepare for higher education." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">To raise awareness of the summer reading programs, the Oregon College Savings Plan is also underwriting special performances in libraries in communities with a population
of 10,000 or less. Select libraries will receive summer visits from</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> award-winning storyteller Christopher Leebrick,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Dragon Theater Puppets, Penny$B!G(Bs Puppets, Jugglemania by Rhys Thomas, and
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Rich Glauber$B!G(Bs Music in Action throughout the summer months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">According to the National Summer Learning Association</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> 's article, "Doesn't Every Child Deserve a Memorable Summer,"</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
all young people experience learning losses when they do not engage in enrichment activities during the summer. Research spanning 100 years shows that students typically score lower on standardized tests at the end of summer vacation than they do on the same
tests at the beginning. In the absence of a summer reading program, most students lose about two months of grade level equivalency in mathematical computation skills over the summer months, and low$B!>(Bincome students lose more than two months in reading achievement.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">(White, 1906; Entwisle & Alexander 1992;Cooper, 1996; Downey et al. 2004).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:.1pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">To participate in
<b><i>THINK BIG Save for College</i></b>, Oregon parents/guardians/grandparents must first enroll their children in the 2012 Summer Reading Program at their local public library, then fill out a postage$B!>(Bpaid entry card, available at the library, and drop it
in the mail, or enter online at OregonCollegeSavings.com All entries must be postmarked by August 31 and received by Sept. 7. Multnomah County Library patrons must enter online at by August 31 at OregonCollegeSavings.com. Visit OregonCollegeSavings.com for
official rules and prize details. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Sponsored by the Oregon College Savings Plan.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">About The Oregon College Savings Plan
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Oregon College Savings Plan, which is part of the Oregon 529 College Savings Network, launched in January 2001 and has grown to more than $750 million in assets as of March 30 2012. Since 2010, the plan
has been managed by TIAA$B!>(BCREF Tuition Financing, Inc. An account can be opened for as little as $25 or $15 per pay period by payroll deduction. For more information about the Oregon College Savings Plan, its investment options and how to enroll, visit
</span><a href="http://www.oregoncollegesavings.com/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">OregonCollegeSavings.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> or call toll free 866$B!>(B772$B!>(B8464.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing in the Oregon College Savings Plan. Please visit OregonCollegeSavings.com for a Plan Disclosure
Booklet with this and more information. Read it carefully. Investments in the plan are neither insured nor guaranteed and there is the risk of investment loss.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">The Oregon College Savings Plan is administered by the State of Oregon. TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing, Inc., is the plan manager.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">katie.anderson@state.or.us</span></a>, 503-378-2528</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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