Magazines for kids

Jack Yan recently pointed us to a great cause that everyone can get behind.  It is called MagazineLiteracy.org

MagazineLiteracy.org helps kids learn to read and to build their self-esteem by mobilizing business and community literacy partnerships that provide wonderful children's magazines to schools, and other reading programs. Your support unleashes the awesome potential of children’s magazines as a powerful literacy resource for kids and families.

Here are some of the programs that companies or organizations can support:

• The Kids Magazine Airlift sends your gift magazine subscription to a school, or homeless or domestic violence shelter to help children learn to read.
• Magazine Mentors are individuals, businesses, and organizations that sponsor children in classrooms, shelters, and other literacy programs in their own communities.
• KinderHarvest matches surplus children's magazines, which would otherwise be discarded or destroyed, to food banks, food pantries, homeless and domestic violence shelters, and disaster relief programs. Individual and business support helps cover warehouse, handling, and shipping expenses.
• 100% of local sponsor pledges are used to provide direct help to the kids and families in community literacy programs.

There is also an accompanying blog.

Other than making sure a child has enough food to eat each day, making sure a child learns to read may be the most important gift anyone can give.  Check this great cause out and pass it on to others.