In celebration of October’s National Book Month, the SAG-AFTRA Foundation has released a new promotional video featuring actors and children’s literacy advocates Nancy Cartwright, Terry Crews, Rosario Dawson, Jennifer Garner, Joel McHale and Seth Meyers, encouraging families and educators to discover the popular reading initiative Storyline Online®.
“All kids need to know is that while you may have best friends out there in the real world, here at Storyline Online, you have book friends,” remarks award-winning actress, philanthropist, entrepreneur and literacy advocate Jennifer Garner.
Garner, like the rest of the promotional video’s cast, has read for Storyline Online over the last two years. All of these actors donated their time and talent for both Storyline Online and our new PSA to help raise awareness and support for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s free children’s literacy program, which has received over 900 million views worldwide since 2001.
“We have so much gratitude to those who have shared their gifts and talents to really bring this program to heights we never could have imagined,” said SAG-AFTRA Foundation President Courtney B. Vance. “Storyline Online proved to be an essential resource to hundreds of millions of families across the globe during the height of COVID while school was conducted from home, and we continue to see its educational impact as students reacclimate to in-person classrooms.”
Endorsed by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Storyline Online also offers free educational activity guides aligned with Common Core Standards. Developed by a credentialed elementary educator, the guides provide supplemental learning resources and support for teachers in classrooms, as well as parents with school-age children at home.
In addition to the actors featured in this promotional video, Storyline Online’s illustrious cast of readers includes Angela Bassett, Kristen Bell, Viola Davis, Cynthia Erivo, Allison Janney, John Lithgow, Rami Malek, Chris Pine, Justin Theroux, Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Yeoh, and many more. All actors who read for Storyline Online volunteer their time and talent to promote literacy and inspire a love of reading in hundreds of millions of children worldwide.
To watch all of Storyline Online’s read-alouds, visit storylineonline.net. Keep up with new videos by subscribing to Storyline Online on YouTube, and following Storyline Online on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
ABOUT STORYLINE ONLINE®
An Emmy®-nominated program of the nonprofit SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Storyline Online streams 70 videos at no cost to children, parents, and educators around the globe. The site receives over 9 million views every month and is endorsed by theAmerican Federation of Teachers and the American Library Association. Storyline Online is additionally named one of the best websites by the American Association of School Librarians. In addition to the website, Storyline Online offers a free app for iPhone and Chrome devices. Like all SAG-AFTRA Foundation programs, Storyline Online relies solely on support from gifts, grants and sponsorships to produce new content. For more information, visit storylineonline.net.
CONNECT WITH STORYLINE ONLINE®
Twitter: @storylineonline
Instagram: @storylineonline
Facebook: facebook.com/storylineonline
YouTube: youtube.com/storylineonline
Hashtag: #StorylineOnline
ABOUT THE SAG-AFTRA FOUNDATION
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides vital assistance and free educational programming to the professionals of SAG-AFTRA while serving the public at large with its award-winning children’s literacy program Storyline Online. The Foundation relies solely on support from gifts, grants and sponsorships to sustain its free programs. For more information, visit sagaftra.foundation.
CONNECT WITH THE SAG-AFTRA FOUNDATION
Instagram: @sagaftrafound
TikTok: @sagaftrafound
Twitter: @sagaftrafound
Facebook: facebook.com/sagaftrafoundation
YouTube: youtube.com/sagaftrafoundation
