{"id":23088,"date":"2012-10-15T15:20:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T22:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=23088"},"modified":"2012-10-19T15:43:51","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T22:43:51","slug":"laps-4-literacy-event-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/10\/15\/laps-4-literacy-event-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Laps 4 Literacy event preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_23093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23093\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Laps4Literacy2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23093\" title=\"Laps4Literacy2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Laps4Literacy2-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Laps4Literacy2-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Laps4Literacy2-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Laps4Literacy2.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lancaster Deputy City Manager Jason Caudle speaks at a press conference Monday to preview the Laps 4 Literacy event. The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the JetHawks Stadium in Lancaster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LANCASTER \u2013 Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) and the Lancaster JetHawks invite children of all ages, child care professionals, businesses, schools, and community organizations to participate in the third annual Laps 4 Literacy event, which takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the JetHawks Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis campaign brings an awareness of illiteracy,\u201d said CCRC Vice President Ellen Cervantes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23091\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Laps4Literacy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23091\" title=\"Laps4Literacy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Laps4Literacy-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Laps4Literacy-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Laps4Literacy-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Laps4Literacy-171x111.jpg 171w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Laps4Literacy.jpg 1099w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 1,000 people took part in Laps 4 Literacy last year. Organizers are hoping for an even bigger turnout this year. (Photo courtesy CCRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Antelope Valley community event will feature a variety of activities, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 5k walk\/run,<\/li>\n<li>Kids Fun Run,<\/li>\n<li>Book drive,<\/li>\n<li>Story time,<\/li>\n<li>Music performances,<\/li>\n<li>Face painting,<\/li>\n<li>Hands-on science, art and music activities,<\/li>\n<li>Arts &amp; crafts,<\/li>\n<li>Goody bags,<\/li>\n<li>Raffle prizes, and<\/li>\n<li>A car show featuring AV Corvette Club.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event will also include 25 vendor booths that showcase community organizations that promote literacy. This year, Laps 4 Literacy is sponsored by DeVry University, Charter College, and the city of Lancaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been blessed with so many things and so many gifts that often times we don\u2019t realize those of us that do not have access to that book, do not have access to that book store and for sure don\u2019t have access to a Kindle,\u201d said Lancaster Deputy City Manager Jason Caudle. \u201cPrograms like these obviously provide those opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Participants are asked to donate new or gently used children\u2019s books, and every child at the event will receive a book, organizers said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s get books in everybody\u2019s hands, let&#8217;s build an amazing future,\u201d said Mina Creswell of Charter College.<\/p>\n<p>The event kicks off at 9 a.m. with the 5K Walk\/Run\/Stroll, which will be followed by the Kids Fun Run and pictures with JetHawks mascot KaBoom at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The free family play day and car show will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information on this event, visit <a title=\"CCRLA website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ccrcla.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.ccrcla.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER \u2013 Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) and the Lancaster JetHawks invite children of all ages, child care professionals, businesses, schools, and community organizations to participate in the third annual Laps 4 Literacy event, which takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the JetHawks Stadium. \u201cThis campaign brings an awareness of illiteracy,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}