If you’re reading this, well, then you can read. You were probably sufficiently motivated as a kid to get into reading that you were able to develop the requisite skills and perhaps even developed an interest in actively reading on your own. But this isn’t the case for everyone. In poor, urban areas, where schools simply don’t have books or children aren’t encouraged to read, illiteracy is a big problem.
My friend, E., is collecting donations for Read for the Record. She says, “Jumpstart is entering its annual to get books to children who need them. As some of you know, each year we choose a flagship book that will be read to children in schools across the United States. This year I am happy to say we will be reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar! If you are in the Atlanta area, I’d be happy to host you as a volunteer reader in the morning on October 8th at one of my three preschool site partners. It is lots of fun, and the sites are very easy to get to.”
So, if you’d like to donate to this cause, visit this site. She adds “It costs $10 to donate one book ($8.99 for the book plus shipping). Because I deliver these books every year, I know that each and every book is donated is delivered to a child who has few to no books in his or her home library.”
Most of you spend–”even in this ‘economic climate’”–more than $10 a night drinking. I think you can afford to donate at least one book to this worthwhile cause.
