Over 100 children and teens welcomed Ronald McDonald to a general assembly at Children of the City's Create Success program on March 19, 2008. Ronald came to share with the children on a very important topic - reading!
"According to findings reported in the National Adult Literacy Survey,” said Joyce Mattera, Founder and Executive Director "children who have not developed some basic literacy skills by the time they enter school are 3-4 times more likely to drop out in later years. Since 1983, more than 10 million Americans reached the 12th grade without having learned to read at a basic level. We want to change those numbers" Mattera said.
