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January 2009 
What philanthropic organization would you start?
Posted on Jan 2nd, 2009
by 
Michael
Michael
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for April 07, 2007:
I volunteered at a place in Charleston, S.C. called Trident Literacy Center where we gave the gift of literacy to needy people who lived on the street or flunked out of high school or whatever.
So the gift i would give is books, teaching reading and writing, math. i would set up a place to gather books and give them away, like a school people could come into for free where teachers would volunteer too. Everyone would have homework assignments to keep them learning. Anyone could come in.
Knowledge for everyone for free from me !
We can help people learn skills for a job too, help them learn to support themselves!
-Thanks again,
-Michael
So the gift i would give is books, teaching reading and writing, math. i would set up a place to gather books and give them away, like a school people could come into for free where teachers would volunteer too. Everyone would have homework assignments to keep them learning. Anyone could come in.
Knowledge for everyone for free from me !
We can help people learn skills for a job too, help them learn to support themselves!
-Thanks again,
-Michael
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I would be a volunteer at your Kids Who Read Succeed!
When I was a kid I had a cousin who worked for a publisher and for Christmas he would give all the relatives books of all kinds, generally suited to the interests of the recipients. I loved this! Admittedly, there are too many books in my home now, even though I’m always lending them out or giving them away - it’s like spreading joy! I used to drive the folks at the inter-library loan desk nuts. This is my favorite store on earth: http://www.bookbarnniantic.com/