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ORGANIZATION: Magazine Publishers Family Literacy Project
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Join our national group of team leads responsible for developing the knowledge and skills of our grassroots community organizers. We are organizing community-based magazine recycling efforts that get gently read magazines to new readers - kids and families in homeless shelters, moms and kids in domestic violence shelters, hungry families served by food pantries, youth in mentoring programs, teens and adults in job training programs, and foster children. You'll be joinng the leadership team for a global literacy initiative. Help us help community leaders to change the world - one magazine at a time. Much of this work and collaboration is done online, but we do plan to meet as a team periodically. Must love magazines, possess excellent communication skills, want to help kids and families, be passionate about the power of grassroots organizing, and have eco-friendly priorities.
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About Magazine Publishers Family Literacy Project
Location:
PO Box 220, Granville, OH 43023, US
Mission Statement
You can help literacy end poverty. With titles for every reading age, interest, and language, magazines and comics are the most powerful literacy engines on the planet. Illiteracy and poverty hurt everyone. UNICEF reports that 1 Billion children live in poverty, worldwide. Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) says two-thirds of U.S. poor (12 million+) have zero books at home. Research shows that poor infants hear 30 million fewer words when their brains are developing for life. Adults unable to read were once children who didn't learn how. MagLiteracy.org has an enormous supply of magazines and comics for literacy to end poverty. Thank you for your help to get them into the hands of eager at-risk readers.
Description
MagLiteracy.org gets new and recycled magazines to at-risk children and families who want to learn and love to read. Our primary focus areas are mentoring and job training, readers in homeless and domestic violence shelters, hungry families receiving groceries from food pantries, and foster kids. Too many people can't read - a cereal box, a job description, or this web page. Illiterate adults were once children who missed their chance to learn to read. A child who cannot read is unable to do well in any school subject. We help feed kids, teens, and adults hungry to read and succeed. Join with us to change the world - one reader at a time! Volunteer today! Thank you.
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Madison areaMadison, WI 53701
DATE POSTED
January 19, 2016
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- Verbal / Written Communication
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