"The Spirit of Giving" The Gift of Literacy
Do kids read any more? I was going to print something out of an email I received titled: "What if Santa Wrote Back?" but I decided the email was a bit too vulgar to re-print here...
The point was that a little boy wrote to Santa requesting some new electronic gizmo for Christmas. The boy began the letter with: "deer santa..." and it gets worse. Santa writes back and says: "Nice spelling. You are on your way to a career in lawn care. (No offense to lawn care workers anywhere...) How about I give you a #&%^ book so you can learn to read and write?..."
As our pocketbooks get smaller and smaller, our ability to give back gets smaller and smaller too. Organizations that support "non-crucial" activities, such as literacy, are WAY down in receiving necessary funds to even keep their doors open. But think about it. If our children cannot read or write, what will our country be like then?
Buy books for the holiday! Buy them for yourself. Buy them for your kids. And here is a way to buy them AND support literacy programs at the same time. Try buying your books at BetterWorldBooks.com.
They are a smaller on-line bookstore. They never charge shipping. They carry new and used and you can sell your books back after you read them. They have great prices on clearance books. And best of all, with every purchase you make, you can pick a literacy fund that a portion of your purchase goes to support.
I love books. I love to read and I love to write. I would go so far as to put this at the top of the list of characteristics I possess that makes me a good Wedding Minister. Help pass on the love for words to your kids and to your community.
Be Well,
Rev. Sherry