Holiday Exchange Idea

jackiback · October 2014

I'm not trying to step on toes, and we can do both things or not do this at all, but I have been thinking (and ran it past Jennie and Julie) and I know exchanges have not really been our strong suit recently, so I was thinking of an alternative.

What if we all donated to a reading related cause instead? We could pick a charity like Room to Read which supports literacy in several poor areas in the world (we can start our own campaign through them, so it'd be like a "team" donating) or find a reading related project to fund on donorschoose.org and make some teacher or librarian's day

Let me know what you think!

SMW91183 · October 2014

I just wanted to say that I think this is a great idea. I am a huge advocate of reading/literacy programs both here in the US and abroad. As a college English instructor, I encourage my students to donate to literacy building organizations on a regular basis.

A few other literacy organizations include: African Library Project and The Reading Tree. In fact, I think both accept used books as well as financial contributions. I know that with 1000 books and a $500 donation you can actually start a library in Africa through the African Library Project!

Obviously, I am willing to do both, but I would be totally fine to forgo the Exchange to support a worthier cause.

SnShne322 · October 2014

I think it's a great idea! Or maybe we could run both? And perhaps people could choose to participate in none, one or both?

Maybe we could make it a regular thing? I think it's a way to stay involved in our reading communities, even if our community is online!