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First, I want to apologize if this photo from Flickr.com makes you hungry for cookies and milk today if you are on a “healthy eating plan.” (That’s what I like to call a diet. 
) But I won’t apologize for this great information I have to share today with parents, librarians, and teachers. I am so lucky to have great Facebook and Twitter friends, and they are often sharing links with me. This link was brought to my attention on Facebook last week–Milk + Bookies. First of all isn’t the name of the organization just the greatest? I love clever people. So, let me tell you about this site.
Here’s what they say on their website: “Milk + Bookies is a non-profit organization that teaches young children how great it feels to give back while celebrating the love of a good book.” It was founded in 2004 by Meredith Alexander, who has two sons and lives in L. A. She was joined five years later by Heidi Lindelof and Laura Zimmerman, also moms in L.A. When people hold Milk + Bookies events, children are given an opportunity to select, purchase, and inscribe a book for someone less fortunate. The events also have storytime, activities, and you guessed it–milk and cookies.
This is one of my favorite paragraphs from their website: “Milk + Bookies combines two essential and worthwhile efforts: LITERACY PROMOTION AND SERVICE LEARNING. While the book donations are imperative to our mission, just as important is instilling the seed of giving into each teenage host and their young guests, sparking feelings of importance, self-confidence and the desire to give and give again.” WOW! These ladies are brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
So, what can you learn and do by visiting this site? You can learn how to get teens and college students involved with this organization and information about helping them to throw their own Milk + Bookies event. You can visit the blog. You can view information about their first ever celebrity-filled Story Time Celebration and donate money to the cause.
I love to see organizations like this because reading is just so important–I mean how do you even figure out how to make macaroni and cheese without being able to read the directions on the box. If kids/people can develop a love of reading, it just makes their lives more fulfilled and easier, in my humble opinion.
So, grab some milk, cookies, and a book today while you check out the Milk + Bookies organization. If you know a teen or college student looking for a service learning project (or even a whole class), check out this website today!
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