I Can Read - helping to make a difference to people with multiple sclerosis in Australia.

I Can Read is working with MS Australia to help foster a love of reading by donating reading scholarships to selected schools in Sydney in 2009 which participate in the MS Readathon this year. Scholarship winners from 2008 have been taught how to read so that by the time of the 2009 MS Readathon, more children will be able to take up the reading challenge to change the lives of Australians living with multiple sclerosis.

Each working day, five people are diagnosed with MS, a disease that affects the body's central nervous system producing symptoms such as blurred vision, loss of balance, pins and needles and speech difficulties. With no known cause or cure for MS, this annual event has become one of the largest fundraisers for MS Australia. Each year, the MS Readathon inspires children to help people living with MS by collecting sponsorships from families and friends for the books they read in the month of June. All participants who complete receive a Certificate and reading rewards.

Children are encourged to register either via the MS Readathon website or a registration form from their local school or library.

For details and more information, visit www.msreadathon.org.au/nsw/latestnews.asp or call the State/ Territory office on 1300 677 323.

Bosko says...

learning to read... helps people in need!