When I pulled into the grocery store parking lot today, I drove by a homeless women sitting on the curb – a too common sight. She had some donated bagsContinueContinue reading “Tell us your stories: Kibble and People mag feed a homeless kitten and neighbor”
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Consumer mags feed mentoring and job training programs
MagazineLiteracy.org has expanded its impact beyond children’s magazines by matching support from enthusiasts to meet literacy needs in like-mined mentoring and job training programs. For example, with the support ofContinueContinue reading “Consumer mags feed mentoring and job training programs”
crowdSPRING has sprung for MagazineLiteracy.org ad campaign
Please join us in thanking the folks at crowdSPRING who have adopted MagazineLiteracy.org as their current Give Back client. This enables us to tap tens of thousands of very talentedContinueContinue reading “crowdSPRING has sprung for MagazineLiteracy.org ad campaign”
Mentoring can be the difference between child success and failure
Today, I attended a kick-off meeting for a local Homeless Education Literacy Program (HELP). I learned many lessons at the meeting that reinforce our priority of meeting the literacy needsContinueContinue reading “Mentoring can be the difference between child success and failure”
Magazines are comfort food for these shelter moms and kids
I look forward to every magazine delivery, and last Friday evening was no exception. I walked into the lobby of a Boston women’s shelter carrying recent issues of O,ContinueContinue reading “Magazines are comfort food for these shelter moms and kids”
Who, What, Where, When, Why magazines for literacy?
At MagazineLiteracy.org, we love to celebrate the amazing work being done at the literacy agencies that help us to get the magazines you love into the hands, hearts, and homesContinueContinue reading “Who, What, Where, When, Why magazines for literacy?”
Interview with Katie Simmons – Boston Distribution Center
Sharing our success stories is an important way to help spread awareness about the MagazineLiteracy.org cause. Many individuals throughout the United States have rallied their communities to donate magazines andContinueContinue reading “Interview with Katie Simmons – Boston Distribution Center”
The magazine lady is here
I deliver magazines to an inner city bakery training program. When I walk into the cafe with a large bundle of Gourmet, Cooking Light, Saveur, Food & Wine or EatingContinueContinue reading “The magazine lady is here”
Elegant ways to recycle magazines to new readers
Is it possible that just reading the book In Pursuit of Elegance would fill our literacy tool chest with elegant solutions? Perhaps just having finished the Power of Intention audioContinueContinue reading “Elegant ways to recycle magazines to new readers”
The Other America is still out there and needs our undivided attention
I am, for the first time in my life, in South Dakota, traveling by car from the East Coast to the West Coast. I borrowed a book on tape forContinueContinue reading “The Other America is still out there and needs our undivided attention”
Massachusetts feedback
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Getting back to reading basics to rebuild a prosperous society
We have all heard “give a person a fish and you feed them for a day… teach them to fish and you feed them for life.” I say, “first youContinueContinue reading “Getting back to reading basics to rebuild a prosperous society”
Leveraging technology is game changing for magazine literacy
We are just getting started in Second Life and the learning curve is definitely a challenge. We factor that in to our exploration of new technologies, but we also lookContinueContinue reading “Leveraging technology is game changing for magazine literacy”
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Tonight, Ranger Rick keeps a boy who loves frogs company in a domestic violence shelter
Boston volunteer Katie Simmons – in her words – why we do what we doAs we get ready to celebrate our 10th birthday – we want to tell the worldContinueContinue reading “Tonight, Ranger Rick keeps a boy who loves frogs company in a domestic violence shelter”
Thank you Salesforce.com!
We are just getting started with the nonprofitforce application created by Salesforce.com. Our tremendous potential and power is driven by leveraging technology. Salesforce is the most incredible, flexible, robust toolContinueContinue reading “Thank you Salesforce.com!”
Children's Magazine Month and San Francisco Kindergartners are Catalyst for First-ever Worldwide Campaign to Recycle Magazines to New Readers by Earth Day
Education, literacy, and magazine leaders are marking the sixth anniversary of Children’s Magazine Month this October by mobilizing teachers, librarians, and school children, worldwide, to organize KinderHarvest magazine recycling projectsContinueContinue reading “Children's Magazine Month and San Francisco Kindergartners are Catalyst for First-ever Worldwide Campaign to Recycle Magazines to New Readers by Earth Day”
Changing the world – one magazine at a time – A boy learns to read in a Boston homeless shelter
This letter that I received from the staff at the Boston Family Shelter demonstrates the value of the Magazine Harvest magazine recycling program. I am continuing my work to collectContinueContinue reading “Changing the world – one magazine at a time – A boy learns to read in a Boston homeless shelter”
Whole Foods KinderHarvest launch is readied for International Literacy Day
To celebrate International Literacy Day, an event that occurs on September 8th each year, and the start of the new school year, the Whole Foods Markets in Princeton New JerseyContinueContinue reading “Whole Foods KinderHarvest launch is readied for International Literacy Day”
If you love your magazines, set them free… trendsetting consumers share their magazine collections with less fortunate neighbors
One of the great joys of being involved with a project like MagazineLiteracy.org, because it is an ongoing, national, magazine industry-wide literacy campaign for children and families, is that itContinueContinue reading “If you love your magazines, set them free… trendsetting consumers share their magazine collections with less fortunate neighbors”
Literacy is a matter of life and death
This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Northwestern University. Low Literacy Equals Early Death Sentence CHICAGO — Not being able to read doesn’t just make itContinueContinue reading “Literacy is a matter of life and death”
Coffee lovers give the gift of summer magazine reading to neighbors
I stopped in for a cup of coffee at Starbucks today and already found wonderful magazine donations piling up in our wooden KinderHarvest bin, including Bicycle and Entertainment Weekly. KeepContinueContinue reading “Coffee lovers give the gift of summer magazine reading to neighbors”
Starbucks coffee shops sow first-ever KinderHarvest magazine recycling collection from consumers to meet grassroots literacy needs
Combining their well-known passion for environmental and literacy causes, Princeton area Starbucks are among the first consumer shops in the nation to rollout the KinderHarvest magazine recycling drive for childrenContinueContinue reading “Starbucks coffee shops sow first-ever KinderHarvest magazine recycling collection from consumers to meet grassroots literacy needs”
Walking the talk in a cobbler's shoes
I was caught off-guard a bit recently when someone asked about what magazines I like to read. Of course I have many favorites and always have. It’s fun to findContinueContinue reading “Walking the talk in a cobbler's shoes”
Kindergarten KinderHarvest Coast to Coast
We now have two kindergarten teachers, Ron in San Francisco and Katie in Boston, organizing KinderHarvest efforts with or for their students, giving us coast to coast activity and representingContinueContinue reading “Kindergarten KinderHarvest Coast to Coast”