Help Kids Learn to Love Reading with `First Book’
I’m guessing that you enjoy reading books. I’m also going to guess that your interest in reading began at a young age because someone put a fun, colorful, easy-to-read book in your hands and taught you how to read.
Not all children are so lucky. Some cannot afford books. Some have illiterate parents. Some will never learn to read; others will have such difficulties that they will be turned off from books.
That’s where First Book comes in.
First Book is a nonprofit organization that gives “children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books.” And they need your help on both ends - collecting and distributing.
Here’s how you can help inspire a child to become an avid reader:
* Donate funds to First Book. Every $2.50 buys a new book, because 98 percent of their income goes directly to the cause.
* Register your organization, school, community center, etc. to be eligible to receive new books.
* Buy yourself some new books through the First Book shop and the proceeds of your purchase will go to the charity.
* Check out the “Get Involved” part of the Web site to realize dozens of other ways to help.
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