What
is a Write-A-Thon?
To
participate in a Write-A-Thon, a school or classroom signs up
(see below). We send the start-up kit. Each student gets a sponsor
sheet. They collect sponsors (friends and family) who make a pledge
to donate a certain amount of money per page of the stories that
they write. The word count per page is set by the teacher of the
class who is most suited to know the appropriate expectation for
their specific group. Checks are to made out to Kids in Need –
Books in Deed.
For
a complete explanation of how a Write-A-Thon works,
click here: How to Run a
Write-A-Thon.
To
download a sample pledge sheet, click
here.
These
two sheets will be included in the Starter Kit that we're happy
to send to you. Also included in the Starter Kit is a Letter
to Families, which will go home with all of your students, a profile
of the school or program your students will be helping, as
well as recent press on Kids in Need -- Books in Deed.
For
creative writing prompts of various types, click
here for a great resource.
Are
there prizes?
Well, of course! Outside donors, like XMRadio, are providing
prizes for top pledge collectors and writers who produce
the most imaginative power with a large number of pages also gets
a prize.
Also we list all of the participating groups on our Good Deeds
page, and we also will post some fabulous first sentences sent
in by teachers across the country written by students involved
in the program.
There is also the possibility of author visits for Write-A-Thon
Schools in Deed. Depending on where you’re located, we may
have an author who will be on a Thank You Tour and who may be
able to come to your school to read and chat and sign books.
Click here for definitions of a Write-A-Thon
School in Deed, Reaching Kids in Need, or a combination.
CLICK
HERE TO SIGN UP FOR INFORMATION.
(Signing up gets you more info. It’s not necessarily a commitment.)
