Posted by shelburns on December 30, 2008
Yesterday I received an email from First Book. If you are a First Book follower, chances are you received the same email. Did you go immediately and vote? I did, and First Book is on it’s way to the 2nd round in the Change.org’s Ideas for Change in America. What is First Book? They are an organization that gives new books to children in need. See the website for more details. Being a teacher, I know how important it is for kids to have books, good books, in their hands and in their homes. What is their idea? Read below what I copied directly from Change.org’s site.
Launch Global Resources Network
Let’s permanently crack the ‘access’ issue plaguing programs serving low-income kids with First Book’s SELF-SUSTAINING MODEL and leave educational disparity behind forever. Hundreds of thousands of community- and school-based programs in the US alone serving kids in need are entirely without basic access to resources like new, age-appropriate books and educational materials. First Book has created a network of 20,000 groups and is providing free and deeply discounted books, etc., but this is reaching only a fraction of those heroic efforts in the US, let alone the globe. A Global Resources Network would allow anyone serving kids in need to get the tools they need to create a vibrant educational environment. First Book’s proven social enterprise model is perfectly positioned to offer a paradigm-shifting opportunity to change the way we serve our hardest-to-reach children.
You can read more on First Book’s Blog.
So, what do you think? Will you vote and help get First Book to the 2nd round and hopefully get their idea presented to President-Elect Obama? Hurry, 1st round voting ends tomorrow, Dec. 31.
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December 30th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Thanks for sharing the link!