Hello my name is Melanie Stine-Shannon, I am an author and illustrator of children's books in Southern California. I am here today trying to promote free books for children
I am going to partner with a local nonprofit in the Morongo Basin to distribute books to children in our remote community, children who may not have access to books of their own.
The nonprofit group is called “Spark Growth”. Partnering with them will allow children to receive books these books quickly in this remote desert region.
My goal is to raise enough funds to giveaway 500 books to children at one of the local area schools, ensuring each child at that school site will have a book of their own. This will provide an opportunity for children to build their own home Library. I would like to donate these books as a way to give back to the community and be of service by letting children know we have not forgotten about their needs. I want to impact the education that these children are receiving in the Morongo Basin. One way to impact that is to give away these books that have life lessons for children.
I feel partnering with ‘Spark Growth’ on this project was a great fit since their nonprofit focuses on literacy and child connection offering benefits to children in the Morongo Basin by providing enrichment activities like reading, art, music and hands on engaging projects.
One of my favorite quotes from the Dalai Lama he stated: “Be a part of the change you want to see “
So I am offering an opportunity for you to be a part of this change only will this impact a child's life but you can be rewarded as well.
Remember
that ultimately the children will be the ones to benefit from this campaign.
They will be empowered to be better readers, and strong readers become future leaders in our community!!
I feel now is an important time to go forward with this crowdfunding because the world needs more positivity right now, more
connection, especially for children and there is no better way than through
these books.
I estimate our goal to be $7,000 to cover the printing, taxes, fees and
distribution of these books.
I would be very appreciative if you would take the time to donate and share the
importance of this campaign with everyone you know so that more donations can be made increasing the benefit from the funding right away!
Thank you very much for your time today and I hope you are able to help me achieve this goal, remember together, just $10 can change a child's life forever!!