Boston Bruins To Host 19 "When You Read, You Score!" Summer Reading Events Presented By Velcro Companies; Kick-Off Event At Dorchester Library With Jimmy Hayes On 6/27 From 2-3 PM

BOSTON, June 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boston Bruins will partner with the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System for the eighth year to host "When You Read, You Score!" summer reading programs presented by Velcro Companies. The Bruins will host a kick-off summer reading event with Jimmy Hayes at the Boston Public Library Adams Street Branch in Dorchester (690 Adams St. Dorchester, MA 02122) on Monday, June 27 from 2:00 – 3:00 PM. Hayes, who grew up going to the Adams Street library, will read children's books to over fifty local children in attendance. Media interested in covering the summer reading event should contact Erika Wentzell at [email protected].

Beginning this summer, the Boston Bruins will also be partnering with the Children's Librarians of New Hampshire to bring "When You Read, You Score!" to local libraries in New Hampshire. Throughout the summer, Bruins Mascot Blades and members of the Bruins Ice Girls team will be visiting libraries across Massachusetts and New Hampshire in an effort to encourage children and teens to keep reading over the summer. During the visits children will get to meet Blades, participate in Bruins craft activities and play Bruins trivia. "When You Read, You Score!" participants will also have a chance to win Bruins prizes.

"We're honored to continue our partnership with the Bruins to support literacy and education among children," said Fraser Cameron, CEO, Velcro Companies. "Our commitment to education is year-round, and this program is a fun way for young readers to continue their love of reading during the school vacation season and keep their literacy skills sharp."

To help inspire children and teens to keep reading over the summer, Bruins players, including Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara, Brad Marchand and Tuukka Rask have helped libraries develop Favorite Books of the Boston Bruins - a recommended reads list that also includes librarian picks for the best hockey books. To see the recommend reads list, please visit BostonBruins.com/SummerReading.

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About Velcro Companies:

Velcro Companies is a technology-driven, global organization providing fastening solutions that solve problems in simple, elegant and surprising ways for businesses and consumers around the world. We have a heritage of innovation spanning more than 50 years and own over 400 active patents and numerous trademarks, including the VELCRO® trademark, which is registered throughout the world. We develop and deliver solutions for customers through an integrated production and service system that includes manufacturing locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Spain, China, Belgium and Uruguay and sales offices around the world. To buy genuine VELCRO® brand products and to find out more about our company, visit www.velcro.com.

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