Getting paid to read...

My older son just opened a savings account at TD Banknorth. He did it with the $10 that the the bank gave him for reading 10 books this summer. Sadly, though the program started in June, the nice young account manager told us that he was the first customer she had worked with as part of the program. That said, they are expecting a surge in the coming weeks...the program ends at the end of September. I know my younger is on Number Seven of his ten.

To learn more about the program, see this. I think it is great that the TD Banknorth is willing to support this program. For my boys, it is definitely just a bonus, as they would read regardless...but anything that encourages kids to read is a good thing.