Thanks to your votes, your voice, and your participation, Jumpstart has been awarded $200,000 in funding from American Express through their Members Project campaign! This donation from American Express will help fund Jumpstart’s yearlong early education program and will also help Jumpstart launch a brand new curriculum nationwide this school year.
We're also busy planning for Jumpstart's Read for the Record. On October 7, The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats will be read with more than 2 million children! Last year, celebrities such as Justin Bieber (above), Mary-Louise Parker, Vince Vaughn and many others joined in the celebration, and this year aims to be even better. We'd love for you to read with us on October 7. Pledge to read today!
Our friends at Jumpstart need our help TODAY! With your vote, Jumpstart could win $200,000 from the American Express Members Project to fund its early education program and its Read for the Record campaign that we proudly support each year. Voting closes this Sunday and Jumpstart is currently in 2nd place, a mere 2% behind their first place competition. Votes from you and your friends will make the difference and push them over the top!
Before you leave for the weekend, please take 2 minutes and vote for Jumpstart. Here's how:
3. Vote for "Jumpstart for Young Children" in the Education Category
You can also help by spreading the word to your friends and family. Jumpstart has put together great online tools that you can use to email your networks, or post to your Facebook and Twitter pages. Visit www.jstart.org/amextools to find samples to use.
Thank you. Let’s help our friends win big by voting today!
Our friend J.D. Hoye, President of NAF, was featured on CNN's Chalk Talk this past week and detailed NAF's success in raising the standard of academic and financial achievement among young people – especially among underperforming students – which has garnered the endorsement of corporations, public policy makers, and the Pearson Foundation.
As you may already know, We Give Books is supporting Tinga Tinga Tales, which are inspired by traditional animal stories from Africa and the Tinga Tinga artwork of Tanzania. By showing your support for this campaign at We Give Books, you'll be joining a group of partners who are working to improve opportunities for African children through education. Take an insider's look inside the Tinga Tinga Tales studio below, where you'll discover where the tales originate and how they're produced on a daily basis.
The 50th anniversary of our friend Jane Goodall's arrival in Gombe on July 14, 2010 made headlines around the world, with global coverage featured on CNN International, BBC and Voice of America, while stateside stories appeared everywhere from The Washington Post and the Associated Press This Day in History feature to CNN and People magazine. Most recently, The Wall Street Journal devoted a significant portion of its weekend section to an essay penned by Jane. To see the highlights of the last 50 years of Jane in Gombe, check out the video below.
We Give Books recently announced it is supporting Conspiracy for Good, an innovative, global movement for change driven by a story -- a legendary narrative that the audience becomes a part of and every participant has the ability to impact the outcome of this story. The story will be played out on Web sites, mobile devices, at live meet up events in London and ultimately in Africa where CFG will provide significant assistance in a local village.
Tim Kring, master storyteller and the creator of one of the world’s most successful internationally renowned entertainment brands, “Heroes”, has created "a narrative mythology" that will play out across both traditional media and new media platforms including smart phones, tablets and PCs. Conspiracy For Good blurs the lines between fiction and reality, compelling the audience to become a part of the story with real world outcomes.
Take a look at the video below, featuring Mr. Kring, to get a deeper look at this movement.
You can support Conspiracy for Good by visiting We Give Books.
Raising A Reader is a national nonprofit organization that offers an evidence-based early-literacy and parent-engagement program and currently serves 110,000 children through its 2,500 affiliate sites across the country. During the program, each child is exposed to approximately 100 books per year, and parents and caregivers are trained in interactive read-aloud strategies. This training helps parents and caregivers learn how to engage their child by sharing a book and we were excited to learn of the recent news coverage it has received, including this piece from American Libraries here.
The Asia Foundation -- an organization that we're supporting through We Give Books -- states on its Website that "Books change lives." We couldn't agree more. The Asia Foundation's Books for Asia program has been committed to empowering children with literacy, creating opportunities for higher learning, and educating future leaders in 18 countries, from Afghanistan to Vietnam, for 55 years. Below, enjoy Khishig Undur: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, a heartwarming piece about children in need and the impact books are making on them.
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