Summer Learning Day is a time for communities across the nation to celebrate the importance of high-quality summer learning opportunities in the lives of young people and their families.

To help celebrate Summer Learning Day, we encourage you to host an event to focus attention on how summer programs 

• send young people back to school ready to learn
• support working families
• help to keep children safe and healthy

In 2007, Summer Learning Day included 145 registered events in 34 states and a national policy forum in Washington, DC. 

Click here to see last summer's media coverage. 

This year, we hope to have 300 events nationwide, including a major policy event in Washington, DC, where summer learning leaders from around the country will come to make the case for increased federal investment in summer learning programs. The DC event will also present our first ever “Champions of Summer Learning” award to three policymakers who have made summer learning a policy priority.

Come back soon for additional details on this exciting event.

HOLD THE DATE

Plan to celebrate Summer Learning Day on Thursday, July 10, 2008.

Summer Learning Day is made possible by the generous support of the Verizon Foundation, the Staples Foundation for Learning, and the Atlantic Philanthropies.