Magazine Literacy Bee

I am getting more and more excited about the real involvement stages of holding this drive. I have been planning and trying to get volunteers, donors, and charities in line for a few weeks now and I am really hoping everything comes together.

When we were finally able to sort out our computer woes and send an email to the Pace publishing community, students, faculty, and even some companies responded. All want to get involved on some level. This is wonderful news!

As the publishing community, I believe we should be aware of and involved with issues of literacy because reading is our industry. For me, reading has been so much more than just a tool to get by, it is a real pleasure, and I want to share that joy with others. My love for language is what brought me to publishing, and that is shared among professionals in the field. We should step up and help individuals struggling with words to see the potenial for language and reading as a way to expand their minds and as a fun activity.

I have been setting up contacts with charities this week as well, and hope to have that finalized very soon. There are four prospective literacy programs that I would like to have participate, but at this point I am unsure if all of them will do so. I am planning to run our drive in the local community November 1-29, so we are getting ready to approach sites this coming week. My next challenge is to find and decorate boxes!

Best,
Elizabeth