TOLEDO, Ohio - The University of Toledo Football program is encouraging kids to read and learn all summer long with its Rocket Reading Program. Completion of the program will reward participants with a free ticket to a home football game for the upcoming season.
Children in kindergarten through third grade are required to read 12 books, while fourth-through-eighth-graders must read 15 books. Each participant will receive a pledge form, a Rocket Reading journal and a recommended book list at the start of the program.
If participants read their minimum required number of books between May 17 and Nov.