This year instead of offering them a toy that has limited value, they will be offered an opportunity to change the world. Their reading hours will translate into pledges for Heifer Project International. To encourage our community's teens to read over the summer we will expand our invitation to include k-12 to be a part of this project too. We are not sending children out to gather pledges. Instead, we are making this appeal to companies, businesses, organizations, groups, families and individuals to make a pledge.
Every dollar counts.
A night at the movies will cost that much, or a large pizza with a couple of beverages. Or pledging a certain amount if 200 hours are read, an additional amount if 400 or 600 or more hours are read. We will put up a chart on the wall in the lobby of the municipal building to graph the donations as they come in. Donations will be accepted April through July. The check to HPI will be mailed August 1, 2001.