40% Cash Fundraisers School & Library Sales Literacy Fairs Compare all of my Edmonton-and-area Usborne fundraising options Click here to book your Literacy Event today!  Usborne Books - Reach for the Stars - Reading Incentive Program & "Bookraiser"/ Fundraiser  READ-A-THON FAQ

LOCAL SCHOOL HOLDS READ-A-THON, EARNS 108% OF PLEDGES IN FREE BOOKS! Recently, the teachers and students of Reading Elementary School had the shopping spree of their lives when  students there raised $6000.00 in pledges. How did they do it? By participating in an Usborne Books Read-a-Thon called "Reach for the Stars."  The Read-a-Thon, which was headed up by Usborne Supervisor Brandy Burge, earned the Reading school library $3000.00 in brand new Usborne Books. But it didn’t stop there. Reading students still needed to be rewarded for their hard work, and were thrilled when they received half of their pledge money, a full $3000,  to purchase Usborne Books to keep for their very own! On top of that, another $480 books was donated to the Reading School Read-A-Thon by Usborne Books, making the school's total benefit 108% of pledges raised. Now that's a winning proposition!

What is an Usborne "Reach for the Stars" Read-a-Thon? An Usborne “Reach for the Stars" Read-a-Thon is a sponsorship-based reading incentive program that puts thousands of dollars in FREE books into the hands of children and into your school classrooms and library. Students sign up sponsors who pledge money to encourage them to reach their reading goals. We want to see children reading or being read to for a minimum of 300 minutes over a two-week period.  The goals of this program are simple: ·         to encourage students to motivate students to read; ·         to promote reading as an activity to enjoy; and ·         to help students make reading a habit by asking them to read for a sustained period of time every day. Who can participate? Any organized group of children can take part! I welcome...     Schools Individual classrooms School divisions Homeschool Groups Preschools Daycares Church & Community Groups How do the students benefit?  At the end of the Read-A-Thon, students receive half of the amount they raised individually to choose FREE Usborne books to keep for their own!  With the help of a parent, each student makes a wish list of the Usborne books they would most like to have. The Usborne catalogue is available to view online for this purpose at www.usborne.ca/brandy. An Usborne catalogue will be made available at your school for students who are not able to access the online version. EXAMPLE: A student who raises $100 will then be able choose $50 in free books to take home and keep. How does the school/organization benefit? Your school will use the remaining half of the total amount your students raised to purchase books for your library and classrooms. In addition, your school receives an extra 8% of total monies raised to purchase even more books! This extra money is donated by Usborne Books in Canada EXAMPLE: If a child raises $100, the child gets to choose $50 in free books, and the school gets to choose $58 in free books. Is this for real? Yes, it is for real!. Your school’s Read-A-Thon will receive 108% of total monies raised. Your students get half, and your school receives the other half, PLUS you get an extra 8% of total pledges in free books. What are the program options? The students always receive half of total pledge dollars raised to buy books to keep. The school can allocate the other half of total monies in any way it chooses. No matter what, the school gets 108% of total pledges raised! SAMPLE Option A – 50/50 PROGRAM -50% in Usborne Books to participating students -50% in Usborne Books to Library For every $1000 collected in pledges, receive... -$500.00 to Students in books  -$500.00 to Library in books -BONUS 8% of total pledges in FREE Books  SAMPLE Option B – 50/25/25 PROGRAM -50% in Usborne Books to participating students -25% in Usborne Books to Library -25% in Usborne Books to Classroom Teachers   For every $1000 collected in pledges, receive... -$500.00 to Students in books  -$250.00 to Library in books -$250.00 to Classroom Teachers in books -BONUS 8% of total pledges in FREE Books BONUS No matter which program you pick, you always receive an extra 8% of total pledges in free books   That's a total of 108% of pledge money back to your school in books!     Is the Read-A-Thon a lot of work for the school? No. Your Usborne Educational Specialist does the vast majority of the work to run your Read-A-Thon. I ask the school to promote the event, encourage the kids, and collect the READING LOGS, PLEDGE MONEY and WISH LISTS. I do the rest.   Brandy As your Usborne Consultant, I will:    provide all necessary forms come to your school prior to the event starting date to explain to your students what the Read-a-Thon is all about and get them excited about participating remain available throughout the event to answer questions and offer assistance if needed at the end of the Read-a-Thon, count the money collected and do the free-book calculation for each participating student. choose age-and gender-appropriate books for all children who have raised money but not provided a completed wish list order all books for the students and school individually package each child's order and deliver to the correct homeroom teacher    Click here to book your Literacy Event today! READ-A-THON FAQ Compare all of my Edmonton-and-area Usborne fundraising options   40% Cash Fundraisers School & Library Sales Literacy Fairs

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