Nationwide August Book Drive 2008 at Borders and Waldenbooks Bookstores

This is the second year that

Borders and Waldenbooks

will be doing a nationwide book drive.

All books collected go to a local communities:

like schools or other literacy programs.

Last year

over 700

Borders and Waldenbooks bookstores

and over 80 nonprofit groups participated.

Last year

363,878 books

were donated.

If you would like to donate a book or two or three...

please stop in any Borders or Waldenbooks store

to purchase a new book(s).

There are many books in different price ranges to choose from.

There are the regular new full priced books

(unless there is a sale)

to some great books in the bargain area.

WHEN:

1 AUGUST 2008 --- 1 SEPTEMBER 2008

WHERE:

ANY BORDERS OR WALDENBOOKS BOOKSTORE

WHO BENEFITS:

CHILDREN---LOCAL SCHOOLS AND OTHER LITERACY PROGRAMS

Second Harvest....Food For People Who Need It

With these hard times more and more people are turning to others to help feed their families and themselves. If you are able to donate please do. If you are able to volunteer they have a link for that too. If you need to find a pantry to either donate or because you need help there is a link for that also. If you are a corporation they have a link to help you come up with fundraising ideas.

September 2008 is declared Hunger Action Month.

http://www.secondharvest.org/

Of course Second Harvest is not the only organization that collects food and money to help feed people who desperately need it. There are many many places from schools, churches, stores, and countless national and world organizations out there to help people and who need your help.

So please please whether you need help (and many people will at some point in their lives) or are able to help do not feel embarrassed either way. Jobs are lost, people get sick, divorces happpen as do natural disasters and just plain life. Anyone and everyone will need help in some way or form at some point in their life.

If you are the type of person who has always been willing to give even if it is only a small amount and suddenly you need help just remember the person you did help might actually be the one able to help now.

WE LIVE IN ONE WORLD.....WHAT HURTS ONE PERSON IN ONE SPOT HURTS THE WHOLE WORLD.....THAT ONE PERSON HELPED MIGHT TURN AROUND AND DO SOMETHING INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND GOOD TO SAVE SOMEONE ELSE

Looking For Charities In Wisconsin or Your State or City?? ----link included

If you are looking for a charity in the state of Wisconsin click on the link below.

http://wisconsin.uscity.net/Charity/

There are many

states and cities

listed on

uscity.net,

but I am unsure of exactly how many.

uscity.net home page link.

http://www.uscity.net/

If you live in a different state

and want to help where you live

try typing in the name of your state and the word charity.

Example:

Wisconsin charity

which is what I typed in.

I do not know if all states have something like this,

but it is worth a try.

Charity Job Listings on Myspace---link included

I came across this today and thought I would share it.

I typed in charity in Google just to see what would come up....

because it does vary from time to time....

and I saw a link to charity jobs on MySpace.

I forget sometimes that you can do job searches on MySpace.

If you are looking to work for a

non-profit organization

or to volunteer for one

why not check the site out?

It is just one of many out there

and it might give you some ideas

of exactly what is available

or the type of help you may be able to give.

http://jobs.myspace.com/a/ms-jobs/list/q-Charity

Please Help Comfy Cozy in Pre-K through DonorsChoose.org link included

I received this e-mail from a friend and wanted to pass it along.

I was going to rewrite

but I could not possibly do it justice;

so, this is exactly how I received it.

Please if you can donate please do so

and

if you are unable to donate

please send this link to everyone you know.

Maybe somebody else will be able to help.

Thanks

Dear friends,
I want my students to have as many great learning opportunities as possible, but
sometimes I just can't get the funding I need.

To address this issue, I turned
to DonorsChoose.org.
Here's the scoop.

At this nonprofit website,

public school teachers (like me!)
submit proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn.
These ideas become a reality when concerned individuals (like you!)

choose projects to fund.

Donors who complete project funding

or give more than $100
receive photos and personal thank-you notes

from the kids they helped.

It's easy - and very rewarding.
The great news is that my project proposal,

Comfy Cozy in Pre-K,

is now posted
at DonorsChoose.org!

Check it out at:
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=184293&utm_source=teachers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TeacherMarketing
Take a look.

Also, please consider supporting my students

and me by forwarding
this message to others who may be interested in improving education.
As a reminder,

I am at a year round school

and have students now

who would love
to use this item!

Thanks for your help!

Best regards,

Cari Wilcox
.

Benefit for BriAnna Flick 2 August 2008 Racine, Wisconsin

On Saturday, 2 August 2008

Ms. Nicole James

and

Ms. Heather Dumovich

will be throwing a benefit

for

BriAnna Flick

BriAnna was diagnosed with

Stage 4

Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma

in

June 2008.

Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma

is a childhood form of cancer.

It is a tumor

made up of

cancerous muscle cells

called

rhabdomyoblasts.

To learn more about

Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma

click on this link below.

http://www.acor.org/ped-onc/diseases/rhabdo.html

Ms. James and Ms. Dumovich

are requesting

any donations

for a raffle

they will be having to

offset the healthcare

of Ms. Flick

The benefit will be held on

Saturday, 2 August 2008

2 p.m. - 2:30 a.m.

at

Paradise West

on Highway 20/Washington Avenue

Racine, Wisconsin

There will be food, volleyball, entertainment, raffles, 50/50 raffle & DJ

There is a donation to be made

to go to the dinner

which will be 4-7 p.m.

The Den Again
6501 Washington Avenue

Racine, WI 53406

Phone: (262) 886 5151

http://www.videotourmybar.com/denagain/

to find out how to get a coupon/ticket for the dinner

or

for more information

contact

Nicole James @ 262-989-4913

or

Heather Dumovich @ 262-939-5557

I usually blog on any of my blogs about events where I live or national events,

but I was searching for something new today and came across

Bookends.

This is an organization out of Southern California.

I was poking around their website

and from the looks of it they have done some amazing things.

This organization (per website) is all about Kids Helping Kids.

They recycle childrens' books to school libraries and other children's organization.

The complete history, how they work, to donate,

and so much more is on their website.

Their website is bright and cheery with fun looking tabs to click on.

They also have pictures of some the places that have received books from them.

If you happen to live in Southern California

and would like to help them

either by donating

or volunteering

click on the link below.

http://www.bookends.org/