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THANK YOU, READERS, FOR HELPING US ATTEMPT TO BREAK A WORLD RECORD!
As of noon on Wednesday, December 13th, we had 547,826 readers in 2,451 locations, 50 states and 28 countries.
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IMPORTANT! Make sure to send in your verification materials by the January 5, 2007 deadline! Gather your Witness Registration and Participant Sign-in forms, cover letters (see a sample), Agreement Regarding Supporting Materials form and Independent Witness statement, and send them to Eileen Hughes, Walden Media, 294 Washington Street, 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02108. Be sure to include the Claim ID number on each page: 175823. Your packet of materials should be postmarked by January 3, 2007. Once the certification process is complete – about 8 weeks after the paperwork is submitted to Guinness World RecordsTM, we will know whether or not we have officially broken the existing record. We look forward to sharing this exciting news with you!
Get full program details here, including all forms.
Here are a few interesting facts about registered participants in the event:
• Students registered to participate from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Kalamazoo, Michigan;
• Students in Hawaii participated at 7:00 am;
• Islands like Haiti, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico participated;
• Other countries include Australia, Canada, Mexico, China, and Israel;
• Julia Roberts’ hometown of Smyrna, GA planned to participate;
• Group sizes ranged from 1 home school student in Boone, IA to 3,086 students in Salem, MA;
• The #1 city for participating locations is Las Vegas, NV; but the city with the highest number of participants is Houston, TX;
• The Kentucky School for the Deaf (KY) as well as the Perkins School for the Blind (MA) participated;
• Texas comes in first for number of locations and participants with California second.
Thank you for all your hard work, today and every day.
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