The Denison University students who brought their strength and spirit to our Ohio Magazine Literacy Bank this week remind us how powerfully young people fuel our literacy moonshot. They filledContinueContinue reading “In the land of Johnny Appleseed, the Wright brothers and John Glenn, Denison University and area colleges fuel our literacy moonshot”
Author Archives: John Mennell
Our Vision for 2025 and Beyond
Join us as we set the stage for a transformative year. Together, we can create a future where the power of the printed word elevates communities, sparks change and builds a more literate world.
Feeding Eager Readers
At the end of 2024, MagLiteracy celebrated an incredible achievement 30 years in the making — placing Literacy Newsstands stocked with beautiful magazines for all ages into a supermarket-size food pantry market.
What a Literacy Year!
2024 brought a wave of remarkable momentum and progress at MagLiteracy, as we formed fruitful literacy partnerships, grew our volunteer ranks and launched impactful new initiatives for eager readers.
Thank You for the Literacy Love
Your 2024 support lays a solid foundation for the kick off of our 2025 mission, empowering us to connect more magazines with children, families, veterans and educators who rely on us for access to impactful reading materials.
Is it possible that most families in poverty still have zero books at home?
Answers to this question scraped from the dataverse explain WHY our unique literacy campaign featuring our inventory of near a million print magazines for all ages and your support areContinueContinue reading “Is it possible that most families in poverty still have zero books at home?”
A road trip into the Ohio Appalachian foothills to break child illiteracy.
Sue is loading up her car trunk once again for a journey to deliver Highlights for Children, National Wildlife Foundation Zoobooks and other children’s magazines from the MagLiteracy.org Magazine LiteracyContinueContinue reading “A road trip into the Ohio Appalachian foothills to break child illiteracy. “
Enjoy summer magazine reading and pass it on
Across the entire magazine supply chain from paper to printer to publisher and consumer, MagLiteracy.org uniquely sits at the intersection of the enormous special power of print magazines for literacyContinueContinue reading “Enjoy summer magazine reading and pass it on”
Can MagLiteracy.org Exist?
Dear Friends – MagLiteracy.org is at an existential fork in our amazing journey – our moonshot. One path leads to achieving everything we set out to be. Please read throughContinueContinue reading “Can MagLiteracy.org Exist?”
America is facing a children’s reading crisis
Call to action: There is a children’s reading crisis in the USA that started before the pandemic and has been worsened by it. Most children in poverty have zero booksContinueContinue reading “America is facing a children’s reading crisis”
We need a new three-legged stool to reach our literacy promise
Approaching our birthday at MagLiteracy.org on September 8th – the United Nation’s International Literacy Day – we are taking stock of our accomplishments and way forward. Thanks to generous supportContinueContinue reading “We need a new three-legged stool to reach our literacy promise”
The nose knows
When meeting someone new, you look for common threads to begin a relationship. Preparing for a call with fragrance expert Shahzad HAIDER, I searched for that common ground. We knowContinueContinue reading “The nose knows”
Freedom.
Our hearts, spirit, attention, and support remain steadfast with the heroic and proud people of Ukraine. Andrii Vdovychenko is the CEO & Owner of Burda Media Ukraine. He has providedContinueContinue reading “Freedom.”
Every day is Earth Month at MagLiteracy.org
Muskingum County Literacy Council expands our reach down the last mile
The Magazine Literacy Bank in Johnstown, outside Columbus, Ohio, receives magazines recycled by consumers, publishers, and newsstands for delivery to at-risk readers via our teams and literacy partners in Ohio, Mississippi, Wisconsin,ContinueContinue reading “Muskingum County Literacy Council expands our reach down the last mile”
March Madness
The 2 Billion+ magazines printed each year for US readers would create a stack 37 million feet high, or 7000+ miles into space, 107 times further than Bezos or Branson.ContinueContinue reading “March Madness”
A great day of volunteer recycling, sorting, packing, and machine learning at the Magazine Literacy Bank
Thank you to all the volunteers and supporters who came out to the Magazine Literacy Bank at the Atrium Company warehouse in Johnstown, Ohio, just outside Columbus, Saturday. People droppedContinueContinue reading “A great day of volunteer recycling, sorting, packing, and machine learning at the Magazine Literacy Bank”
Odyssey Junior Program Nurtures Young Minds
By Joe Hinds Odyssey Junior is one part of the larger University of Wisconsin formed at UW-Madison in 2015. The Odyssey Project gives adult students facing economic hardships, and otherContinueContinue reading “Odyssey Junior Program Nurtures Young Minds”
PR – MagLiteracy.org Literacy Bank Seeks Tornado Relief Brigade to Deliver Reading Materials from Ohio to Children and Families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 13, 2021 CONTACT: John Mennell, Founder help@magliteracy.org. 609.651.8430 Columbus, OH – With a supply of over 300,000 children’s magazines, and thousands more for teen and adultContinueContinue reading “PR – MagLiteracy.org Literacy Bank Seeks Tornado Relief Brigade to Deliver Reading Materials from Ohio to Children and Families”
Celebrating teachers who change lives for good
If you’ve ever mentored a middle school or high school student, you know that a child unable to read is lost – unable to do well in any school subject.ContinueContinue reading “Celebrating teachers who change lives for good”
Thank you to the volunteers who make our literacy story possible
Our literacy success depends on investments of treasure, time, and talent. With a growing market of over 7,000 print titles in the US alone, matching every reading age, enthusiasm, professionalContinueContinue reading “Thank you to the volunteers who make our literacy story possible”
The Magazine Literacy Bank upcycles magazines down the last mile into the hands homes and hearts of readers
Over a billion magazines across over 7,000 titles in the US alone are printed each year. We love love love them, but what happens to them after we read them?ContinueContinue reading “The Magazine Literacy Bank upcycles magazines down the last mile into the hands homes and hearts of readers”
Literacy on a roll
By Abigail Jacob Four states, 750 sprawling miles, eight days of driving: that is what lies between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Columbus, Ohio. It’s not a journey that many choose toContinueContinue reading “Literacy on a roll”
Literacy SUCCESS
READy for Literacy – 5 pallets, 4 tons, 25,000+ SUCCESS magazines have arrived at the Ohio Literacy Bank warehouse. This generous investment illustrates the enormous lever made possible by publishersContinueContinue reading “Literacy SUCCESS”
A long-time magazine literacy hero calls home
Today, we received a phone call at the Ohio Literacy Bank from Diana, who lives in a small Ohio town. She needed our mailing address. Diana has been buying copiesContinueContinue reading “A long-time magazine literacy hero calls home”