They're also offering an opportunity for other bloggers and the public to help brighten children's lives.
Erin Rose of Positive Detroit, Becks Davis of Detroit Moxie, Nikki Stephan of Creativity, Love, Happiness & All That Falls Between, Jennifer Wright of Looking Glass Lane, and Lauren Weber of Staircase to Earth's Loveliness all spend much of their time writing for their respective blogs and want to help give the same opportunities to local students as they were given in their writing classes as children. They want to help local students become better writers.
"As the founder of Positive Detroit, I feel very strongly about our local area children and their education, especially when it comes to the written word," Rose said. "The ability to write proficiently is a skill that enhances every aspect of one’s life, from writing a thank you note, putting the finishing touches on a resume, to having the ability to write an Oscar winning screen play.
"As a child, I remember a beautifully leather bound set consisting of a series of specialized dictionaries and a thesaurus that sat on a table in the family room of my parent’s house. These were my go-to books from the time I was in 4th grade until I graduated from high school. With those tools, I enjoyed writing and saw it as powerful channel of self expression," she added.
With the assistance of Operation: Kid Equip (http://www.operationkidequip.org/) and its participation with The Dictionary Project, the partners will be distributing dictionaries specifically written for third graders who are at the dividing line between learning to read and reading to learn.
Now, through March 15, 2010, they are raising money to provide roughly 2,700 third graders in Oakland County with brand new dictionaries. Every donation will make a significant impact; for instance, a $20 donation can supply at least eight third graders with dictionaries.
An anonymous donor has graciously offered to match donations, dictionary-for-dictionary, up to the first 100 dictionaries.
Menachem Kniespeck, co-founder and director of Operation: Kid Equip, said "Dictionaries can significantly enhance the lives of children in their educational and intellectual pursuits. We are very eager to assist our local children in reaching their highest potential in reading, writing and creative thinking. Every child should have their own dictionary."
- Click here to make a PayPal donation for $100, $50, $20 or $10.
- Mail a check payable to: Operation: Kid Equip, PO Box 364, Royal Oak, MI 48068-0364 (Be sure to write Dictionary Project in the memo line.)
- Contact menachem@operationkidequip.org to make a credit card or other form of payment outside of PayPal.
- Join the female bloggers collaboration with your blog, contact Erin Rose at positivedetroit@gmail.com.
As an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit community benefit organization, we realize that to break the cycle of poverty and hopelessness, we have to meet some very basic, yet overlooked needs. Operation: Kid Equip acts as a conduit for collecting and distributing tangible educational and school supplies to school-aged children. Operation: Kid Equip effects long term improvement in the community by providing at-risk kids with the core necessities they need to prosper in school and in life. Visit our website at http://www.operationkidequip.org/
About The Dictionary Project:
The Dictionary Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The goal of this program is to assist all students in completing the school year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers by providing students with their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come.
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