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”
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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.”
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”
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”
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”
Podcasts, Flickr, and MySpace, oh my! Web 2.0 turns the table – delivering magazines to children and families hungry to read and succeed
With words worth a thousand pictures, we’ve hit on a powerful means to connect our literacy champions to the vast web of need and possibilities in every community across theContinueContinue reading “Podcasts, Flickr, and MySpace, oh my! Web 2.0 turns the table – delivering magazines to children and families hungry to read and succeed”
The Three R's of Literacy – Read, Recycle, & Reuse
Near Earth Day, 2006, MagazineLiteracy.org launched KinderHarvest, an effort that combines the three R’s of education – reading, writing, and arithmetic – with the three R’s of recycling – reduce,ContinueContinue reading “The Three R's of Literacy – Read, Recycle, & Reuse”
The mightiest shade trees and biggest smiles come from "small" seeds of kindness
I was recently having coffee with a wonderful woman who reached out to invest her time to help grow MagazineLiteracy.org. Every year, she organizes a music recital with the proceedsContinueContinue reading “The mightiest shade trees and biggest smiles come from "small" seeds of kindness”
KinderHarvest – magazines and groceries come together to feed kids hungry to read
When you think of magazines and groceries, the first thing that might come to mind are those celebrities looking out at you from the magazine rack in the supermarket checkoutContinueContinue reading “KinderHarvest – magazines and groceries come together to feed kids hungry to read”
Spider a Hit at Moraine Meadows Elementary School
Our wonderful teacher/literacy agent at Moraine Meadows Elementary School has provided an inspiring report on how they are using Spider magazine in their classroom. Special thanks to Pretium Partners, Inc.ContinueContinue reading “Spider a Hit at Moraine Meadows Elementary School”