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WRITE-A-THON

What is a Write-A-Thon?

To participate in a Write-A-Thon, a school or classroom signs up (see below). We send the start-up kit. Each student gets a sponsor sheet. They collect sponsors (friends and family) who make a pledge to donate a certain amount of money per page of the stories that they write. The word count per page is set by the teacher of the class who is most suited to know the appropriate expectation for their specific group. Checks are to made out to Kids in Need – Books in Deed.

For a complete explanation of how a Write-A-Thon works, click here: How to Run a Write-A-Thon.

To download a sample pledge sheet, click here.

These two sheets will be included in the Starter Kit that we're happy to send to you. Also included in the Starter Kit is a Letter to Families, which will go home with all of your students, a profile of the school or program your students will be helping, as well as recent press on Kids in Need -- Books in Deed. 

For creative writing prompts of various types, click here for a great resource.

Are there prizes?


Well, of course! Outside donors, like XMRadio, are providing prizes for top pledge collectors and writers who produce the most imaginative power with a large number of pages also gets a prize.

Also we list all of the participating groups on our Good Deeds page, and we also will post some fabulous first sentences sent in by teachers across the country written by students involved in the program.

There is also the possibility of author visits for Write-A-Thon Schools in Deed. Depending on where you’re located, we may have an author who will be on a Thank You Tour and who may be able to come to your school to read and chat and sign books.

Click here for definitions of a Write-A-Thon School in Deed, Reaching Kids in Need, or a combination.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR INFORMATION.

(Signing up gets you more info. It’s not necessarily a commitment.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.What People Are Saying

"Kids in Need - Books in Deed is a dynamic and innovative way to foster reading, writing, and compassion in children..."

--Robert Olen Butler,
winner of the Pulitzer Prize

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.News

Generosity at Work!

 Over the last year, Holy Comforter Episcopal School in Tallahassee, Florida has collected over 2900 books over the course of two enormous book drives!....

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South West Senior High School Collects Over 100 Books for Students

Students at South West Senior High School in Miami collected over one hundred new and lightly used books for students at West Miami Middle Schooll....

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Renaissance Academy Donates the Efforts of Their Book Drive to Cox Elementary

Renaissance Academy www.renaissanceacademy.org in New Port Richey, Florida, recently had a book drive that brought in enough new and lightly used books to give a free book to every child in Cox Elementary School....

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Book for International Goodwill (B.I.G) Makes Generous Donation

Also, Hanna Columbey's students at Florida City Elementary School in Miami-Dade received nine boxes of books, DVDs, audio and video tapes, including approximately 160 new Spanish children's books....

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Books Collected Just In Time for the Holidays

Swift Creek Middle School of Tallahassee, Florida has collect 1,407 books -- new and lightly used. These books will be shipped....

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Miss Suwannee River Valley Outstanding Teen Revs Up a Huge Book Drive

Miss Suwannee River Valley Outstanding Teen, nicknamed Cat, kicked off an enormous Book Drive this summer. She collected 1,122 books, and is donating 450 of those....

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Book Drive Success Story

 Fourth Graders at Holy Comforter Episcopal School, led by fourth-grade teacher Laura Powell, brought in over 1100 new and lightly used books to Kids in Need - Books in Deed....

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Thank You to Our Generous Authors!

We'd like to thank Sarah Prinneas, Nikki Giovanni, Elizabeth Lenhard, and Laurel Snyder for donating copies of their books to Kids in Need - Books in Deed....

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Big News!

Ruediger Elementary School in Tallahassee, Florida has partnered with Cornerstone Learning Community (www.cornerstonelc.com). A fundraiser spearheaded by the students at Cornerstone brought in over $1100...

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.Great Schools

West Miami Middle School, a Title I school in Miami, has received books from a book drive and gift books.

Dowdell Middle School, a Title I school in Tampa, has received books and a free author visit.

Nims Middle School, a Title I school in Tallahassee, has received books.

Ruediger Elementary School, a Title I school in Tallahassee, has received books and a free author visit.

Cox Elementary School, a Title I school in New Port Richey area, has received books for a book drive.

Swift Creek Middle School, in Tallahassee, has participated in a book drive!

Renaissance Academy, in New Port Richey, has participated in a book drive!

Holy Comforter Episcopal School, in Tallahassee, has participated in a book drive!

South West High School, in Miami, has participated in a book drive!

Sandpoint High School, in Sandpoint, Idaho, has participated in a book drive!

Gilchrist Elementary School, in Tallahassee, has participated in a book drive!