Join babycheeks July 17-18th for a weekend-long book swap, where you can trade in the books your children no longer read, for new ones! In addition to encouraging children's literacy in our community, babycheeks has decided to use this event to accept donations for Free The Children--world’s largest network of children helping children through education.
Founded in 1995 by a then 12 year-old international child rights activist, Craig Kielburger, Free the Children now has more than one million youth involved in its innovative education and development programs in 45 countries. Since inception the organization has received the World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child (also known as the Children’s Nobel Prize), the Human Rights Award from the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations, and has formed successful partnerships with leading school boards and Oprah’s Angel Network.
What do they do? The primary goals of the organization are:
- Free children from poverty and exploitation
- Free young people from the notion that they are powerless to affect positive change in the world.
- Inspire young people to develop as socially conscious global citizens and become agents of change for their peers around the world.
- Offer domestic empowerment programs and leadership training
babycheeks has set a goal of collecting 2,500 books, and we would love you to help us reach that goal! Just stop by the store and dropped off your gently used books (baby to tween) and come back in July to swap them for something new! All leftover books will be donated to Free the Children to use in one of their 500 schools built around the world.
To learn more about Free the Children, visit their website at www.freethechildren.com
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