Washington Rotary Club members who read to students at W-WPS during "Read for the Record" were (seated, l-r) Jane Bundy, Paula Stevens, Tammy Bryngelson, (standing) Jim Burton, Dr. Lester Johnston, Skeet Willingham, Jane Echols, and Buddy Lindsey. Sponsoring teacher Lisa Isham is at right. Washington Rotary Club members participated in reading aloud to classes at Washington-Wilkes Primary School on October 2 as part of "Read for the Record" day.

"Read for the Record" is a national campaign to encourage hundreds of thousands of children and adults to read the same book on the same day. The campaign hopes to generate public awareness by creating the largest shared reading experience ever and by breaking the record set on September 20, 2007, when 258,000 people read the same book across the country as part of Jumpstart's Read for the Record 2007 campaign.

This year's campaign set a new record with over 400,000 people reading the same book, Corduroy, on the same day. A total of 504 children at W-WPS were present to hear the story and be part of the record breaking event.