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The Literacy Site

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About Me

The Literacy Site was founded to help promote literacy among children from low-income families.Partnering with First Book, The Literacy Site makes books available to children around the United States, giving many children their very first book.Working with Room to Read, The Literacy Site helps establish schools, libraries, and other educational infrastructure throughout the developing world.With a simple, daily click of the "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button at The Literacy Site, visitors help provide free books to children in need. Visitors pay nothing. The distribution of these books are paid for by our site sponsors and accomplished through our charitable partners, First Book and Room to Read.

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My Blog

New Gift helps school children in Darfur

When so much terrible news continues to come out of the the ravaged region of Darfur, Sudan, and when many NGO aid organizations have been kicked out of the country, it can seem impossible to know w...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:05:00 GMT

Send a Valentine E-Card and Fund a Free Book for A Child

Let the ones you care about know that you care about literacy, too. Send our "Share Love & Give a Free Book" e-card today! This special e-card will give an underprivileged child a free book for their ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:08:00 GMT

Help Liberate Girls from Indentured Servitude

In the Dang District in western Nepal, many indigenous families from the Tharu ethnic group subsist as farm laborers. Unable to make ends meet, they have been forced into a desperate trade -- selling ...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:51:00 GMT

Shop, Give Away Books, AND Save Money

Just by clicking on the button at The Literacy Site, you can help give away free books to children in need. Did you know you can give even more by doing your cyber-shopping at the site? Every purcha...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:52:00 GMT

Let’s Put 34,000 Books in the Hands of Children

Help us run, pass and click for literacy. Your daily clicks on the orange button are worth double through November 16th.With your help, we can fund 34,000 free books for underprivileged children who d...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:26:00 GMT

Candy Exchange and Book Costumes

Initially conceived by parents as a way to get their kids to trade in some of their candy for a little gift--such as a book--a "candy exchange" can be given a humanitarian spin by encouraging kids to ...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:03:00 GMT

Clicks Count Double in October

The Literacy Site is celebrating books by helping our charity partners to get even more free books into the hands of children.Please join us this October to make sure every child becomes a reader. You...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:31:00 GMT

Helping school children in Calcutta

Recognizing that India's growing population of street children deserve an opportunity to escape the poverty of the slums where they live, The Literacy Site is working with the Indian charity Baal Dan ...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:11:00 GMT

Visit A Tall Ship, Shake Hands, And Give Away Books!

As the signature charity of the U.S. Coast Guard, First Book recently announced the Summer Reading Handshake Tour. This summer, the USCG Tall Ship Eagle sails to West Coast ports of call.Visitors to t...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:40:00 GMT

Open Books, Open Minds Free E-Cards

The Literacy Site now provides a number of free e-cards to wish friends "happy birthday" or remind them that a book can send a child's imagination soaring.Your clicks count! See how many books were fu...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:58:00 GMT