On Sunday, residents are invited to join the Hokie Bird, costumed book characters and local authors in the Tech Bookstore Walk to READ.
Participants will walk two miles to benefit Peacework literacy and education initiatives in 20 countries.
Peacework, a nonprofit international development, education and service organization headquartered in Blacksburg, strives to alleviate poverty and promote peace and prosperity worldwide, according to a news release from the organization.
The event begins at the Kent Square/Starbucks lot at 2 p.m. with registration packet pickup, music by DJ Earl Brown, $1 book sale by Tech Bookstore, and paper-hat folding with Sam Riddleburger, author of the new book "The Strange Case of Origami Concord Watch Replica Yoda."
The two-mile walk will kick off at 3 p.m. Reading activities for kids will take place along the route.
Registration is $15 for adults, $5 for children and $5 for dogs. You can register on line at .
Proceeds from Walk to READ will support Peacework literacy and education projects collaboratively administered by U.S. university/ college volunteer groups and Peacework partners in villages with developing economies.
One of those volunteers is Robin Chidester, a member of the Virginia Tech soccer team and a Peacework volunteer. Chidester traveled last summer with 10 other ACC student-athletes to rural Vietnam for a month to promote higher education through sports in a program called Coach for College.
Chidester taught English reading, writing and speaking to disadvantaged Vietnamese youth in ninth grade.
Peacework helped make this trip possible for Chidester and three other Tech soccer players. Juicy Couture Clothing Now Chidester is volunteering with Peacework to coordinate the Tech Bookstore Walk to READ.
Chidester's roommate, Megan Strawther, also a Tech soccer player, will volunteer for a Peacework Coach for College project in Vietnam this summer.
-- The Roanoke Times
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