I’ve known about the Literacy Site for a long time, but never thought to link to it from LD Blog until yesterday. If you’ve been around the Internet since it’s first 5 years or so, you probably remember the sound that echoed when the Hunger Site went live. I can remember the desk and the old Mac that I was using when a friend first pointed me to it.
The Literacy Site does for books what the Hunger Site does for food: It uses sponsor-donated revenue to fund purchase and distribution of books. Once a day, users can register their presence by clicking a link on the site, and sponsors (e.g., Phi Beta Kappa) donate.
It seems like an appropriate feature for LD Blog. In fact, I might put an always-present link a sidebar for this one. In the meantime, here’s a link.
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Masons’ fine fund-raising events
The fraternal group Scottish Rite Masons, which has been promoting treatment of reading problems for over a decade, stages fund-raising events throughout an area of the US that deserve mention here on LD Blog: Various lodges (as I think they’re called) sponsor runs (or walks) to raise money for their work in providing services to children who have dyslexia.
Link to Walk or Run to Help Children with Dyslexia. Also, visit the Masonic Learning Centers for Children. And, yes, part of my interest in this project is that I run; there’s no race in my neighborhood, though…mayhaps I should talk with the local lodge.
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