Dawn Cyganowski and her 4th grade class at Tarver-Rendon Elementary in Burleson won the Whoopi! We’re Reading! Sweepstakes, a national sweepstakes sponsored by Scholastic Book Clubs, and will soon be donating their prize – 1,000 books from Scholastic – to Cook Children's Medical Center. The prizewinners were participants in Scholastic Book Clubs’ ClassroomsCare program – a philanthropic literacy initiative that encourages reading across the country.

Mrs. Cyganowski's class was one of only 100 across the nation to win the prize out of more than 17,000 classes that entered the sweepstakes. In October, Whoopi Goldberg, the actor, producer and host of the syndicated Wake Up with Whoopi! radio program invited classrooms from across the country to join ClassroomsCare and read 100 books for a chance to win 1,000 books for them to donate to the local organizations or charities of their choice.

“My students and I were so excited when we found out we won this sweepstakes,” said Mrs. Cyganowski. “My students have been reading a lot this year, and now they're also learning how special it is to give.”

ClassroomsCare is designed to empower students around the country to make a difference in the world. The program distributes more than 1 million books each year. This year, with the addition of 100,000 books being donated to countless organizations through the winners of the Whoopi! We’re Reading! Sweepstakes, ClassroomsCare is extending its reach even further.