What kind of champion are you?
Book Trust Champions come in all shapes, sizes and personalities, just like Book Trust kids do. Below you’ll find a number of ways to help Book Trust grow and inspire more kids in need to read. Whether you want to sponsor a classroom, volunteer your time, or start a Feed the Read bookclub, we are delighted you are here.
Thanks for believing in Book Trust and the kids we serve.
I'd like to become a Classroom Sponsor
Book Trust Classroom Sponsors support an entire classroom for a year with a donation of $2500. This gift delivers choice and ownership of up to 750 books, provides an opportunity to join the class in a Feed the Read Celebration (in person or via Skype) and provides you with a monthly update on the classroom you are supporting.
I want to start a Feed the Read Neighborhood Book Club
Support Book Trust in your community, celebrate reading, and inspire your book-loving friends to do the same in three easy steps. Request your toolkit for a list of great reads and discussion questions, tips, gifts, and monthly updates on the students your club is supporting.
- Invite your neighborhood friends to participate monthly.
- Choose your level of support (individual monthly donations).
- Enjoy reading and raising money for a great cause!
I want to Feed the Read at work
Start a Feed the Read Book Club at work. Skip the fast food once a month and donate that sandwich money to Book Trust instead! Inspire your book-loving co-workers to get away from their desks and do the same: read and discuss a great book while supporting kids in need. Request your toolkit for a list of great reads and discussion questions, tips, gifts, and monthly updates on the students your club is supporting.
- Invite your coworkers to participate monthly.
- Choose your level of support (individual monthly donations).
- Enjoy reading and raising money for a great cause!
I want to host a Book Trust party
Host a Book Trust party with friends and family to help raise awareness about Book Trust and support kids in need. Request your toolkit, which includes ideas, a sample evening itinerary, easy to follow guidelines, and techniques for success.
- Invite your friends and family and provide snacks and refreshments.
- Invite a Book Trust staff member to come share the history, program, and impact of Book Trust.
- Ask for your friends and family to support Book Trust in whatever ways they can!
Explore other ways to help
Our dedicated, passionate Book Trust Champions have helped out in numerous creative ways. Do you want to volunteer at one of our events, host a Read-A-Thon, or have other ideas for creative fundraising? Contact us now to get started!
Your support changes lives.
At Book Trust, we believe that literacy is a human right. But in the United States, most 4th graders living in poverty cannot live at grade level. A child who cannot read proficiently by 4th grade is 4 times more likely to drop out of high school. Book Trust works to change this by providing book choice and ownership to those children who need it most, inspiring them to become lifelong readers and learners to break the cycle of poverty.
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