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Mike_Lowery
August 29th, 2007, 12:54 AM
So the youth service non-prof that I work for is starting an initiative to increase literacy and improve academic competency by having group reading sessions in after school settings. I'll be needing at least 5 copies of the same book to get this thing going.

PM me for a mailing address if you're interested. I'll get you a thank you letter to write it off. :D
Mike_Lowery
August 29th, 2007, 10:06 PM
Hey people,

As of midnight, PDT, we've had one donor. Keep those PMs ringing, and those books coming in! Think of "Mike_Lowery's Kids."
pzarquon
August 29th, 2007, 10:09 PM
Wow. Missed this the first time around.

Have you considered an Amazon.com wish list (http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist)? You can choose the books you want, we can buy 'em and ship 'em with a click. If not, do you even have a suggested genre? Target age group?

Could you be thinking used books? I don't think most folks have five copies of a book lying around, so I doubt that, but...
Mike_Lowery
August 29th, 2007, 10:42 PM
Wow. Missed this the first time around.

Have you considered an Amazon.com wish list (http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist)? You can choose the books you want, we can buy 'em and ship 'em with a click. If not, do you even have a suggested genre? Target age group?

Could you be thinking used books? I don't think most folks have five copies of a book lying around, so I doubt that, but...
Thanks for the Amazon idea, PZ! Any genre is cool...diversity is key. We're breaking age groups down like: kids (6-9), preteen (10-12), and teens (13-17). Used books are cool too.

Some books I'll name for a wish list off the top of my head:

Maniac Magee
Hatchet
Frog and Toad Together
Where the Wild Things Are
zztype
August 29th, 2007, 10:47 PM
Mike,

This sounds like a young group, maybe K-2nd grade?

Why not do the wish list thing here, list your books on them and then post the link here. It will be hard to find one guy to send 5 or 10 books, but easy to find 10 guys to send 1 book! And you can update your list as you get enough donations of a particular book.

I'll dong you, brah. Just post the list. Too bad I already donated all my kid's smallkine books to the school. I had the whole Frog and Toad series! I've read them a million times!

Blaine
zztype
August 29th, 2007, 10:50 PM
Mikey! I have a WHOLE PILE of SOFTWARE BOOKS and interactive adventures for kids of that age! It's ALL YOURS, man! Email me... you know the address...
Blaine
Mike_Lowery
August 29th, 2007, 11:20 PM
Ok, so I sorta compiled a wishlist... There could be more stuff added on later, as I'll be asking kids what they want to read.

Amazon wishlist (http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/YXOZ8XZJBOD7/)
LikaNui
August 30th, 2007, 07:20 AM
I don't think most folks have five copies of a book lying around Exactly. I've donated literally hundreds of books to libraries over the years, but they were all single copies. Wish I could help Mike out, but I'm just not sure how.
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pzarquon
August 30th, 2007, 07:42 AM
Ok, so I sorta compiled a wishlist... There could be more stuff added on later, as I'll be asking kids what they want to read. Amazon wishlist (http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/YXOZ8XZJBOD7/)That's great, Mike. I see the "Wishlist" system actually lets you specify the wish for more than one copy, so we all can see which individual titles are short however many. People can just buy one, if they're strapped for cash, knowing it'd be easy for others to track the progress and jump in on a specific book or two.

I'm down right now for a "Where The Wild Things Are." Hopefully more after payday!

I personally benefited from the Boys & Girls Club as a youth ('twas where the cops dropped us off after picking us up making trouble elsewhere!). Happy to give a little back... especially in the name of reading.
tutusue
August 30th, 2007, 09:05 AM
The wish list is a big help, Mike. Thanks for setting it up.
infinitypro
August 30th, 2007, 12:12 PM
Mike:

We'll be mailing out (5) copies of Richard BACH'S "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" (one of my favorites till this day), on Tuesday 9/4. I received your PM with the address.
Mike_Lowery
August 30th, 2007, 12:31 PM
Mike:

We'll be mailing out (5) copies of Richard BACH'S "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" (one of my favorites till this day), on Tuesday 9/4. I received your PM with the address.

May your divine being(s) bless your souls! :)

Thanks a lot!
Mike_Lowery
September 4th, 2007, 10:22 AM
zz, you're an angel!
Mike_Lowery
November 8th, 2007, 12:02 PM
Dang it, the USPS is turning away Amazon boxes from our mailbox. I don't know why.

Thanks to all of you who tried and got refunds from Amazon, and many thanks to those whose packages got through!
kanahina
November 8th, 2007, 05:16 PM
Dang it, the USPS is turning away Amazon boxes from our mailbox. I don't know why.

Thanks to all of you who tried and got refunds from Amazon, and many thanks to those whose packages got through!

What do you mean? They are not delivering the boxes to you and are sending them back to Amazon? :confused:
Mike_Lowery
November 8th, 2007, 05:27 PM
What do you mean? They are not delivering the boxes to you and are sending them back to Amazon? :confused:
I don't know, exactly...I think it's because whomever our business box is registered to is no longer with the company, and no on else is authorized to change it. I'll have to straighten this out soon.
zztype
November 8th, 2007, 07:09 PM
I don't know, exactly...I think it's because whomever our business box is registered to is no longer with the company, and no on else is authorized to change it. I'll have to straighten this out soon.

Mike,

Change the address at Amazon to deliver to your house or some other trusted address...

Blaine