| Date: | Sunday, June 6, 2010 |
| Time: | 10:00am - 3:00pm |
| Location: | SweetHarts Sweet Shop (located on the SW corner of Ventura & Woodman- behind Vitello's Express. If parking lot is full there is 2 hour parking in the surrounding neighborhood) |
| Street: | 13704 Ventura Blvd |
| City/Town: | Sherman Oaks, CA |
4GOOD is having a Book Drive...in partnership with SweetHarts sweet shop.
Donate as many gently used books as you can and SweetHarts will take 10% off your purchase. In addition Sweet Harts will donate 20% of the sales proceeds for the day to 4GOOD. That's a sweet deal! Have you been to Sweet Harts yet? It's amazing and you will not be disappointed!!!
Our goal for this event is to raise awareness about the startling literacy gap statistics among American children. We want to help get books into the hands of underprivileged families who otherwise don't have access to appropriate reading material.
So, join us on Sunday 6/6 anytime between 10am & 3pm - bring your gently used books (children - adult), have some sweet tasting treats, get a discount and help raise money for 4GOOD. What better way can you think of to spend a Sunday?
Donate as many gently used books as you can and SweetHarts will take 10% off your purchase. In addition Sweet Harts will donate 20% of the sales proceeds for the day to 4GOOD. That's a sweet deal! Have you been to Sweet Harts yet? It's amazing and you will not be disappointed!!!
Our goal for this event is to raise awareness about the startling literacy gap statistics among American children. We want to help get books into the hands of underprivileged families who otherwise don't have access to appropriate reading material.
So, join us on Sunday 6/6 anytime between 10am & 3pm - bring your gently used books (children - adult), have some sweet tasting treats, get a discount and help raise money for 4GOOD. What better way can you think of to spend a Sunday?
Why is it so important to get involved in bridging the literacy gap?
Here are some startling statistics:
* 37% of American Children live in low-income families and 61% of those families have NO age appropriate books in their homes.
* These kids can't even count on school to get exposed to reading and books...80% of preschools and after-school programs serving low-income populations have no age-appropriate books for their children.
* On average a child from a middle class community has 13 books & a child from a low-income community shares one book with 300 other kids.
* Access to books and educational material is the single biggest barrier to literacy development in the United States and beyond. If we can solve the problem of access, we will be well on the road to realizing educational parity – a goal which has eluded this country for generations.”- Susan B. Neuman, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ctr. for Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
Here are some startling statistics:
* 37% of American Children live in low-income families and 61% of those families have NO age appropriate books in their homes.
* These kids can't even count on school to get exposed to reading and books...80% of preschools and after-school programs serving low-income populations have no age-appropriate books for their children.
* On average a child from a middle class community has 13 books & a child from a low-income community shares one book with 300 other kids.
* Access to books and educational material is the single biggest barrier to literacy development in the United States and beyond. If we can solve the problem of access, we will be well on the road to realizing educational parity – a goal which has eluded this country for generations.”- Susan B. Neuman, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ctr. for Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
After the event 4GOOD will donate the books to a wonderful organization called BOOKENDS...here is why we chose them:
* BookEnds, a non-profit organization, that began in 1993 with 8-year-old Brandon Keefe, a kid who wanted to make a difference.
* BookEnds strives to instill the value of community service in its student volunteers. More than 206,000 youth have been involved in organizing book drives, collecting, sorting and delivering more than 1.9 million books into the hands of 478,000 children in the greatest need of books.
* BookEnds has completed more than 578 libraries. (More than 478,000 students are benefiting from the book donations.)
* BookEnds' recipients are those schools that are the most in need and have demonstrated a commitment to actively use the book donations to improve children's literacy.
* BookEnds, a non-profit organization, that began in 1993 with 8-year-old Brandon Keefe, a kid who wanted to make a difference.
* BookEnds strives to instill the value of community service in its student volunteers. More than 206,000 youth have been involved in organizing book drives, collecting, sorting and delivering more than 1.9 million books into the hands of 478,000 children in the greatest need of books.
* BookEnds has completed more than 578 libraries. (More than 478,000 students are benefiting from the book donations.)
* BookEnds' recipients are those schools that are the most in need and have demonstrated a commitment to actively use the book donations to improve children's literacy.
Get involved, explain to your kids why they should give away the books they no longer use. Involve them in the process!
Our goal is to collect over 400 books during the 5 hour drive...that's a lot of books.
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL!!!
PLEASE TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!!!!
Spread the word about this great event!!!
Spread the word about this great event!!!
If you would like to volunteer leading up to and during the event, here is what we need help with:
1. Volunteers for the event- kids and adults welcome to
volunteer (children under 17 must volunteer and be supervised
with a parent/guardian)
*help with set up from 9 -10 prior to the start of the event- set up will
consist of hanging signage, taping boxes to get ready for packing
books in, arrange sorting stations, set up computer to help sign
people up to become members of 4GOOD- etc.
* need volunteers during the event to help collect, sort, count, mark
boxes etc.
2. We need to find a connection with an individual or a company who will be willing to donate new or used corrugated boxes and packing tape to use for packing up the books for donation. If you or someone you know has a connection- PLEASE contact us ASAP- info@4goodcommunity.org.
3. Once books are sorted and packed we will need volunteers to help load the books onto the BookEnds truck.
So if you or anyone you know would like to volunteer, please let us know at info@4goodcommunity.org
We look forward to seeing you there!!!
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