In a reversal on the classic image of newspaper delivery from the seat of a bicycle, a Miami brother and sister – Nate and Amelia Rich – are riding a bicycle aroundContinueContinue reading “Miami Family Bundles Magazines for New Readers”
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Cricket Magazine Group Delivers 10,000+ Children's Magazines for Literacy
Cricket Magazines, a division of ePals, and along with Cobblestone, a long-time champion of MagazineLiteracy.org, has provided 10,000+ surplus magazines for literacy from across their entire magazine portfolio. This isContinueContinue reading “Cricket Magazine Group Delivers 10,000+ Children's Magazines for Literacy”
Notre Dame High School Kicks off Magazine Literacy Recycling Drive
Notre Dame High School sophomores Erin Maloney, Liz O’Donnell, Caroline Bottega, and Allison Safranek have kicked-off a magazine recycling drive this week for literacy. The team is bundling magazines for deliveryContinueContinue reading “Notre Dame High School Kicks off Magazine Literacy Recycling Drive”
Boy Scout earns Eagle Rank by Pioneering Magazine Recycling for Literacy
by Kathrin Walter I was very compelled by the idea of promoting literacy since I have always loved reading since a young age and I have learned so much fromContinueContinue reading “Boy Scout earns Eagle Rank by Pioneering Magazine Recycling for Literacy”
Print magazines for real-time reader engagement
The number one question I get about MagazineLiteracy.org relates to the future of print magazines. In his interview with Samir Husni, Chris Johns, Editor in Chief of National Geographic makesContinueContinue reading “Print magazines for real-time reader engagement”
Incubating magazine literacy at Bendyworks
We’ve just moved in to a fabulous incubation space at Bendyworks, an agile technology juggernaut in Madison, WI. The move empowers MagazineLiteracy.org to tap the enormous spirit of the MadisonContinueContinue reading “Incubating magazine literacy at Bendyworks”
Literacy takes flight in New Jersey with Boy Scout Eagle Project
Surya has been organizing a very successful Magazine Harvest as his Boy Scout Eagle Project in New Jersey – collecting over 1,200 magazines for new readers. The magazines are beingContinueContinue reading “Literacy takes flight in New Jersey with Boy Scout Eagle Project”
Magazines from dentists make new readers smile
My lifelong love for magazines started with reading Highlights at the dentist office – and I know I’m not alone in that experience. To this day, I can’t pass aContinueContinue reading “Magazines from dentists make new readers smile”
Harvest magazines at work to recycle to new readers
Here’s a sample email you can send to your colleagues to collect and recycle magazines to new readers. Pack and ship clean, gently read magazines with no torn or cutContinueContinue reading “Harvest magazines at work to recycle to new readers”
Beautiful Maggie the Literacy Bee is born today!
MAGnificent Maggie the Literacy Bee joins Max to promote our magazine recycling to new readers. Maggie and Max were created by a most talented children’s illustrator, Aja Mulford. We areContinueContinue reading “Beautiful Maggie the Literacy Bee is born today!”
Max hams it up for MagazineLiteracy.org
Just hours old, Max the Literacy Bee is already buzzing around town to encourage people everywhere to recycle their magazines to new readers. This is another great illustration by theContinueContinue reading “Max hams it up for MagazineLiteracy.org”
Introducing Max the Literacy Bee!
We are so thankful for the wonderful illustration work done by the very talented Aja Mulford to bring Max to life to represent and promote our magazine recycling to new readers.
Aligning the planets for Magazine Literacy on (EARTH) Day
We are aligning the planets for our (EARTH) Day magazine recycling juggernaut – sharing magazines with new readers. (MERCURY) – get the word out to friends (VENUS) – share yourContinueContinue reading “Aligning the planets for Magazine Literacy on (EARTH) Day”
Crowdsourcing magazine literacy
We are exploring ways to crowdsource components of our literacy work to broaden and deepen our community impact. We are building a simple, global, assembly line process for the collection,ContinueContinue reading “Crowdsourcing magazine literacy”
Organize a food and magazine drive to get food and reading materials into homes to feed hungry minds and bodies.
We have had very good success finding new readers for the magazines we love to share at shelters and food pantries. Also, there are programs that support homeless teens inContinueContinue reading “Organize a food and magazine drive to get food and reading materials into homes to feed hungry minds and bodies.”
Post our banner ads on your web site and blog
A very talented and generous group of crowdSPRING creatives have designed and delivered a full portfolio of online advertising to promote MagazineLiteracy.org. Help us connect to supporters and literacy leadersContinueContinue reading “Post our banner ads on your web site and blog”
MagHarvest – Organize a supermarket food and magazine drive
This article explains how to organize a combined food and magazine drive for your local food pantry to feed hungry bodies and minds. This is especially important as summer approaches, when the need for food and learning increases, because children are out of school, and pantry shelves go empty.
Rowan University "Spring Cleaning" recycles magazines to new readers for Earth Week
Help us to promote and grow this wonderful seed planted by Ad Dynamics – the student run ad agency at Rowan University in NJ… during an Earth Week “spring cleaning”ContinueContinue reading “Rowan University "Spring Cleaning" recycles magazines to new readers for Earth Week”
Hundreds of magazines recycled to new readers in Arizona shelter
Kudos to Arizona State University student Susie Satta who collected, sorted, and delivered hundreds of great magazines to new readers at a nearby shelter. It’s wonderful to share favorite magazinesContinueContinue reading “Hundreds of magazines recycled to new readers in Arizona shelter”
Cornell team harvests three bins of magazines for new readers
Helene Beauchemin at Cornell University reports that their Magazine Harvest has yielded three bins of magazines for recycling to new readers in shelters and literacy programs. Next, the magazines willContinueContinue reading “Cornell team harvests three bins of magazines for new readers”
Kudos to Katie Simmons – a Literacy Beacon in Boston
Katie Simmons has been a long-time MagazineLiteracy.org champion in the Boston area, collecting and delivering thousands of magazines to hundreds of children and families in shelters and literacy programs. SheContinueContinue reading “Kudos to Katie Simmons – a Literacy Beacon in Boston”
Continuous improvement toward a sustainable magazine literacy supply chain
The idea of recycling magazines to new readers is simple with few steps. Sharing our magazines with others, especially children and families who have little else in homeless andContinueContinue reading “Continuous improvement toward a sustainable magazine literacy supply chain”
Bags of Mags – launch a Magazine Harvest in your office or school
It’s the harvest season. Your clean, gently read, recycled magazines can feed children and families hungry to read year-round – delivered to neighbors in homeless and domestic violence shelters andContinueContinue reading “Bags of Mags – launch a Magazine Harvest in your office or school”
If you love Whole Foods, Magazines, and Literacy – we need you
Magazine Harvest gets clean, gently read magazines to children, moms, and teens in homeless and domestic violence shelters and via grocery bags from food pantries. We are on a missionContinueContinue reading “If you love Whole Foods, Magazines, and Literacy – we need you”
crowdSPRING creatives deliver banner results
A very talented and generous group of crowdSPRING creatives have designed and delivered a full portfolio of online advertising to promote MagazineLiteracy.org. Display these wonderful ads will help us to fillContinueContinue reading “crowdSPRING creatives deliver banner results”