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Heifer International Shares Gift of Reading

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Heifer International and the Alex Foundation, a nonprofit offering free academic assistance, scholarships and educational resources to disadvantaged children, partnered to distribute 5,000 books to organizations serving low income children in Arkansas and Tennessee. Volunteers in each of the schools, including Janis Kearney, author and presidential historian, read to the children before handing out books to each child.

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Students from Westwood Elementary in Fairview, Tennessee, received "The Chicken and the Worm." Photo courtesy of the Alex Foundation.

“At Heifer International, we recognize the importance and necessity of literacy for all family members, especially children. We hope the kids receiving the books find their stories compelling and entertaining,” said Tim Newman, Director of Education Program Development.

The title of the books donated are The Chicken and the Worm for Pre K-K grades and Winter in Songming for 3rd and 4th graders.

Wyndolyn Smith, an Alex Foundation board member said, “The Alex Foundation is delighted to be a distribution channel to help Heifer give the gift that keeps on giving. Access to free books and reading are pathways to a better and more educated world.”

Around the Web: Authors Giving Back, Recycling for Heifer, and More

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Every Sunday we highlight some of the people who are funding our work creatively or helping us spread the word of our mission online. If you spot Heifer International while you’re surfing the web or know of a fun or creative fundraising effort, please share it with us here in the comments.

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Preorder this book, and $2 goes to Heifer International. Photo courtesy of patrickrothfuss.com

Longtime supporter and author Patrick Rothfuss, founder of the charity Worldbuilders, which raises funds for Heifer International, tells us about his rival and antagonist Anton Strout, who very generously will donate $1 (matched dollar for dollar by publisher Penguin Books), for every preorder of his next book, Alchemystic. To find out how to preorder yours, take a look at Patrick’s blog post.

Author Jan Lebak liked this idea so much that she decided to make her own offer: Preorder her book, The Wrong Enemy (release date is 9/28), and she will donate $1 to Heifer International as well.

We’d like to thank Jason Tomaszewski, EducationWorld Social Media Editor, who wrote a great review of Heifer International’s new Read to Feed site.

And thanks to Michael Fullam for giving us a shout-out on his blog, It’s NOT about me. I like his words: “I write here about giving back – Heifer International is more like giving forward.”

Runners and walkers participated in the I Heart Kids and Cows 5K Fun Run/Walk in Anchorage, Alaska, yesterday. Proceeds raised will be donated to Heifer International and Covenant House Alaska, which assists homeless youth.

Photo credit: OrovilleMR.com

Two of our favorite things, caring for the Earth and fighting hunger and poverty, came together in this year-long recycling program that fights hunger and poverty through a donation to Heifer. First United Methodist Church of Oroville Sunday School children raised $728.68 and bought a trio of rabbits, one sheep, a flock of chickens, one water buffalo, one pig and one llama through Heifer International.

For music fans in Chicago, the “wacky but soulful” Blooze Brothers Band is set to appear on October 11th at Sun City in Huntley, IL, in a concert to benefit Heifer International.