8 Ways to Promote Literacy and Protect the Environment

In honor of National Literacy Month, help to spread world literacy and protect the environment. The following list will give you some ideas on what to do with used books laying around the house. Also remember to be mindful about where you purchase your books to find cheaper and environmentally conscious options.

1. Donate used books to a local library or daycare center.

2. Give a sick child the chance to escape to other worlds by donating children’s books to a children’s hospital, such as Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC).

3. Better World Books collects and sells books to raise funds for literacy non-profits such as the National Center for Family Literacy and Room to Read. Buy books, sell textbooks, or donate to help out!

4. Help lift our troop’s spirits by donating to Books for Soldiers or Operation Paperback.

5. Empower children in need by donating to Books for Africa or the African Library Project.

6. Donate to the Children and Families Commission of Orange County’s Early Literacy Program

7. Exchange books on Paperbackswap by earning credits for every book that you send another paperbackswap member. Membership is free! There are many more online book swapping services such as Book Crossing, BookMooch, and BooksFreeSwap.

8. Purchase used books instead of new books, to support local book stores or online used book retailers as an eco-friendly alternative. College students, this is a must for buying and selling back textbooks.

Literacy and imagination are invaluable tools to instill hope in securing a peaceful and sustainable future. Spread stories, love ,and happy reading!

Good Happens.

Peace Grl Out!

OC Girl Scouts visit CLP to promote literacy

On October 7th, some motivated local girls visited the Center for Living Peace to kick off their new year in service as Girl Scouts, and to participate in Jumpstart’s annual Read for the Record.  Volunteers from UCI’s Jumpstart club read the official story, The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, and helped the girls with craft activities related to the story.

Interdependent with children around the country, these readers were counted in the national drive to build literacy that each year engages millions of children in reading.

Good Happens.

Peace Grl Out.

Setting Records in Reading

Each year Jumpstart coordinates with schools and learning centers across the country to promote literacy.  The Center for Living Peace is proud offer our own reading of this year’s official Read-for-the-Record story, The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, as well as activities based on this great book.

Join us tomorrow 3:30-5:30 to read this book and for some great craft activities based on the story.

The first 20 children to attend receive a free copy of the book, The Snowy Day.

If you read the book online NOW, another copy of the book will be donated to a preschool for the event!

Good Happens.

Peace Grl Out.