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Literacy is an issue that knows no politics! This year, governors' spouses from across America are signing on to be Scholastic Read For 2005 Reading Ambassadors, to lead children, parents, and teachers in their states in a celebration of reading on December 3, 2004.

Scholastic Read For 2005 Honorary Co-Chairs

Letter to teachers from co-chairs (PDF)

Honorary Co-Chairs Anita Perry and Daniel G. Mulhern
Anita Perry
First Lady of Texas
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Daniel G. Mulhern
First Gentleman of Michigan
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State Ambassadors of Reading

List to Date:  
Alabama First Lady Patsy Riley
Alaska First Lady Nancy Murkowski
Arkansas First Lady Janet Huckabee
California First Lady Maria Shriver
Colorado First Lady Frances Owens
Connecticut First Son Michael Rell
Delaware First Son Frank Ingram
Florida First Lady Columba Bush
Georgia First Lady Mary Perdue
Guam First Lady Joann Camacho
Idaho First Lady Patricia Kempthorne
Indiana First Lady Maggie Kernan
Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack
Kansas First Gentleman Gary Sebelius
Kentucky First Lady Glenna Fletcher
Maine First Lady Karen Baldacci
Maryland First Lady Kendel Ehrlich
Massachusetts First Lady Ann Romney
Minnesota First Lady Mary Pawlenty
Mississippi First Lady Marsha Barbour
Missouri First Lady Lori Holden
Nebraska First Lady Stephanie Johanns
New Mexico First Lady Barbara Richardson
New York First Lady Libby Pataki
North Carolina First Lady Mary Easley
North Dakota First Lady Mikey Hoeven
Ohio First Lady Hope Taft
Oklahoma First Lady Kim Henry
Oregon First Lady Mary Oberst
Pennsylvania First Lady Marjorie Rendell
Rhode Island First Lady Suzanne Carcieri
South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford
Tennessee First Lady Andrea Conte
Virginia First Lady Lisa Collis
Washington First Lady Mona Locke
Wisconsin First Lady Jessica Doyle
Wyoming First Lady Nancy Freudenthal


First Lady of Arkansas, Janet Huckabee
Massachusetts First Lady Ann Romney teamed up with Boston Celtics’ Executive Director of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge, former New England Patriots linebacker Andre Tippet, and celebrity chef Todd English at XX school in Roxbury, MA on Friday, December 3rd for Scholastic Read For 2005..

First Lady of Guam, Joann Camacho
Michigan First Gentleman Daniel Mulhern reading to students at Dart Elementary School in Flint, MA on Friday, December 3rd for Scholastic Read For 2005.

First Lady of Guam, Joann Camacho
Florida First Lady Columba Bush reading to students at South Hamilton Elementary School in White Springs, FL.

First Lady of Guam, Joann Camacho
North Carolina First Lady Easley reading to students at Tarawa Terrace II Elementary School at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in Jacksonville, NC.