After years of selling traditional items like cookie dough, candy and wrapping paper, parents and schools are being introduced to a new, more educational fund raising option this year: An actual published book, written by their children.
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Raleigh, North Carolina October 5, 2007 - Students 2 Authors a company based out of North Carolina has plans to turn millions of children into published authors, while at the same time helping schools and other organizations around the nation change the way they conduct fundraisers.
With the Students 2 Authors program children grades k to 12 create short stories, which are then published into a life sized book and that book is then used as the fundraising product for their school.
What sets this apart from your traditional fundraising company, is the fact that this program is designed to promote healthy reading and writing skills by giving each student the opportunity to become an “author” of an actual published book.
”It’s a joy to see children, even those who in the past may have had a severe dislike for reading and writing, to actually enjoy writing their parts in the book and then reading the finished item and sharing their stories with others in their class” Says Melida Cohen, Students 2 Authors co-founder.
She goes on the say that “Our business model helps schools and other organizations to raise the money that they may need to operate, but more importantly, it does it in a way that also benefits children by promoting healthy reading an writing habits.”
The company has found that children aren’t the only ones who love the program; so do fundraising organizers and educators.
”Before the S2A program (was introduced), I would ask my students to write and they would moan and groan” Said Ms. Traccio, 2nd Grade teacher at Columbus elementary in Bridgeport, Connecticut. “Now they are very willing to write, plus once their books came back published they were very excited. It gave them a sense of accomplishment.”
Each book features a class photo on the front cover as well as individual photos of each child along with the child’s name and age right before his or her story, giving each book a personalized theme.
Like the book that 7 year old, Mia co-authored along with her classmates. “Its actually the best story that I’ve ever written. This is really cool because its more fun to read a book that was written by me and my friends then one written by someone I don’t know” Said Mia.
The entire process is quite simple. Schools collect the stories, orders and money then ship them in and wait for the books to arrive.
Parent Vondre Whalley says “It’s a unique, fun, educational system that makes fundraising less taxing on us parents and I can imagine on school officials”
Plus he says “People get tired of the usual fundraisers; Candy bars and trinkets that are worth ¼ of what you pay for them. With this you get a sense of real value. It’s a win-win for all.”
The Students 2 Authors program is currently available to any organization wishing to get involved. For more information or to have your school or organization participate, visit their website at www.Students2Authors.com or contact them by email at info@Students2Authors.com or toll free at 1-800-418-7141
Contact:
Melida Cohen – Media Director
Students 2 Authors
1025 Cabin Hill Way
Garner, North Carolina 27529
Local: 919-341-7666
Fax: 203-286-1761
http://www.Students2Authors.com
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