Friday, June 16, 6-8 pm
Summer Pop-Up 1:
Camp out with a good book
Gower West Lawn
We hope you can join in the fun for the first Pop-Up event of the summer! Please join The Gower Foundation on the Gower West lawn (rain location Gower West Multipurpose Room) from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Please bring a beach towel or blanket to sit on while you read with your friends. There will be books to choose from to read, or bring your favorite book with you!
Clare Lund will be reading stories at 6:30pm and 7:30pm. Gower Middle students will be at the event to read with West students as Reading Buddies.
Each student who has actively logged minutes in their Read-A-Thon account may pick a prize from the prize box!
Sunday, July 16, 5-8 pm
Summer Pop-Up 2:
National Ice Cream Day
DQ Willowbrook
I scream, you scream, we all scream for reading!
All registered readers are welcome to join us for an icy treat. More details to come.
Friday, August 4, 6-8 pm
Saturday, August 5, 6-8 pm
Summer Pop-Up 3:
School Pool Parties
Woods Pool, Burr Ridge
Get excited for the final Read-A-Thon Pop-Up event! The Gower Foundation is hosting 80 people to swim the night away on Friday August 4th, 6:00pm-8:00pm at Woods Pool in Burr Ridge. Enjoy an evening with Gower friends, have a treat and enter in to win fun raffle prizes! This event is for registered readers only, no siblings please. A parent is required to stay with their child.
August Raffle prizes are amazing! At the end of August, registered readers are eligible to win two hours of bowling and shoes at Bowlero. The second raffle prize is one family pass to DuPage Children’s Museum! The third raffle prize is a McDonalds Happy Meal lunch at school!