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Literacy for a Lifetime
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| Partnering with Businesses for Our Future
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| 50% Matching Grants
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| through Usborne Books & More
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| A division of Educational Development Corporation
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Educational Development Corporation is the leading publisher of children's non-fiction books - Usborne Books. In addition, EDC also carries award-winning books from around the world, Kane/Miller books. Educational Development Corporation is proud to have developed the Literacy for a Lifetime 50% matching grant program to support educational funding on the local level.
"Reading is a ladder out of poverty.
It is probably one of the best anti-poverty,
anti-deprivation, anti-crime, anti-vandalism
policies you can think of.”
Prime Minister Gordon Brown
How It Works
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| Through this innovative program - Literacy for a Lifetime - corporations, small businesses, foundations and individuals can make their donations and grants 50% larger to support any educational program, school or library.
Maximize your donation and touch the lives of children in your community. Make a difference!
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More details for DONORS
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| Any educational institution, community program, school, or library that receives donations or grant funding can utilize our Literacy for a Lifetime program.
By purchasing Usborne books or Kane/Miller books with their grant or donation monies through the Literacy for a Lifetime program, it enables the organization to stretch their grants or donations by 50% with a matching grant for Usborne books and Kane/Miller books from Educational Development Corporation.
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More details for RECIPIENTS of Grants and Donations
How to Order
Under Usborne Books & More's 50% Matching Grant Program
Ordering is as easy as 1 – 2 – 3
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| Complete the Usborne Books-Literacy for a Lifetime Grant Information Form - this form must accompany your order to qualify for the 50% matching grant.
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Fax to: 218-742-9990 Attention: Literacy for a Lifetime
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Or, mail the above information to:
Attn: Literacy for a Lifetime
UsborneBooks.com
8161 Peary Drive South
Eveleth, MN 55734
Any Questions? CONTACT US
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Changing children's lives -- one book at a time.
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Literacy for a Lifetime
50% Matching Grants
through Usborne Books & More -
a division of Educational Development Corporation
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Literacy Facts
90%
The amount of reading you will do as an adult for information purposes.
(vs. leisure)
Scholastic Research
85%
Juvenile offenders who are functionally illiterate.
National Institute of Corrections
60%
Adult prisoners who are functionally illiterate.
U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections
49th
The rank of the U.S.A. among the 156 United Nation member countries in its rate of literacy.
United Nations
46%
Adults in the U.S. who fall into the lowest two levels of reading, making them functionally illiterate, unable to read and comprehend the front page of the newspaper.
National Assessment of Adult Literacy
25
A national poverty indicator is having fewer than 25 pieces of printed materials in the home.
Studies from Read-A-Loud Handbook
1
It takes only one decision to help. One person making a difference.
One child's life that is changed forever - one book at a time.
“There is no substitute for books
in the life of a child.”
May Ellen Chase
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Educational Development Corporation is proud to have partnered with the following service clubs & organizations in sponsoring local educational programs, schools & libraries with 50% matching grants under Usborne Books & More's Literacy for a Lifetime book grant program.
Kiwanis International
A 50% Matching Grant Donor with
Usborne Books & More's
Literacy for a Lifetime Program
The Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries
A 50% Matching Grant Donor with
Usborne Books & More's
Literacy for a Lifetime Program
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