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Read Across America Day is March 1, 2013

• Zac Efron and Danny Devito join the PS22 chorus and NEA President Dennis Van Roekel in the New York City today for a Seussational Read Across America Celebration!  We’ll be posting videos and photos later, so check back.

•  Live at 4 p.m. on CNBC and other business channels, the Cat in the Hat will ring the closing bell at NASDAQ

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Help Mazda Make a Million for Public School Libraries

Mazda has pledged to help NEA’s Read Across America raise $1 million dollars for public school libraries with a test drive campaign from February 20 to March 31. Every time you test drive a Mazda, any Mazda, at your local dealer, Mazda will donate $25 to the NEA Foundation for public school library grants. If you’d like to help NEA and Mazda by donating go to www.neafoundation.org.

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Lorax Cast are 2012 Co-Chairs

For the first time ever, the entire cast of a movie will be Co-Chairs of NEA’s Read Across America. The cast, Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, and Betty White, are asking the nation to join NEA’s Read Across America and celebrate the joy of reading.