jodeja
Mouseketeer
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- Dec 29, 2009
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It did take about three times going back to the website and searching for opportunities that I could do with my 2 boys, but I finally found the perfect one for us.
It was so fun and easy that we almost felt like we didn't do enough to really earn the free ticket!
We volunteered for two hours at Get Books into the Hands of Children. It was put on by the Children's Book Bank. They collect books for chldren, mostly preschoolers, who are at or below the poverty level and they distribute them through Head Start programs. We cleaned up the donated books: washing them, taping torn pages, erasing or using white-out on markings, etc. We just tried to make them look as nice as possible before they were boxed up for distribution.
We also bought several books at Goodwill and selected several from our own home library to take for donation. The next day they emailed me a receipt for my donation which I can use for the tax deduction.
The event was very low-key and quite relaxing and fun. There was a mom and daughter who were not there for the Disney program but volunteer regularly. I would love to go back and do it again too!
We volunteered on Monday, February 15th, which was incredibly convenient since the kids were out of school and I was off work for President's Day. We received the email voucher for our free park tickets on that Friday.
The Children's Book Bank said they have already made their goal of distributing book to every Head Start in the area so now they were working on giving books to older kids too. They said that a lot of these kids do not own a single book of their own! They give each kid 16 books so they can have their own mini-library of age-appropriate books at home.
It was a wonderful experience.
Now, I just need to finish planning our Disneyland trip!
It was so fun and easy that we almost felt like we didn't do enough to really earn the free ticket!
We volunteered for two hours at Get Books into the Hands of Children. It was put on by the Children's Book Bank. They collect books for chldren, mostly preschoolers, who are at or below the poverty level and they distribute them through Head Start programs. We cleaned up the donated books: washing them, taping torn pages, erasing or using white-out on markings, etc. We just tried to make them look as nice as possible before they were boxed up for distribution.
We also bought several books at Goodwill and selected several from our own home library to take for donation. The next day they emailed me a receipt for my donation which I can use for the tax deduction.
The event was very low-key and quite relaxing and fun. There was a mom and daughter who were not there for the Disney program but volunteer regularly. I would love to go back and do it again too!
We volunteered on Monday, February 15th, which was incredibly convenient since the kids were out of school and I was off work for President's Day. We received the email voucher for our free park tickets on that Friday.
The Children's Book Bank said they have already made their goal of distributing book to every Head Start in the area so now they were working on giving books to older kids too. They said that a lot of these kids do not own a single book of their own! They give each kid 16 books so they can have their own mini-library of age-appropriate books at home.
It was a wonderful experience.
Now, I just need to finish planning our Disneyland trip!