How to Donate a Book Just by Posting a Selfie On Instagram!

Want to donate a book to a worthy cause?? This is an easy way to do so and it won't cost you a cent!

Here's the scoop! I came across an article online through Real Simple's website titled, How to Donate a Book Just by Posting a Selfie by Katie Holdefehr. In the article, Katie Holdefehr wrote the following:

If you’ve ever followed along with Reese Witherspoon’s book club, then you already know that the star loves a good book. And yesterday, Witherspoon announced on Instagram that she’s teaming up with Disney and A Wrinkle in Time to support an important cause: providing books to children in need.

Want to help the cause? Witherspoon explains how easy it is in the caption on her post: “Post your #shelfie with the hashtag #MagicOfStorytelling and @Disney will donate a new book to a child in need through @firstbookorg ! ” It’s that easy—and it won’t cost you anything to contribute. If you're wondering what a shelfie is, check out #MagicOfStorytelling for inspiration. It typically means a photo of a beautifully styled shelf (and there are plenty of those that have been submitted), but if you don’t want to spend time revamping your bookshelves, don’t worry—the official entry rules ask for a selfie taken with a book. And it doesn’t have to be A Wrinkle in Time, but any title of your choosing. Then, just remember to tag it #MagicOfStorytelling, and Disney will donate a book to First Book, a non-profit that provides books and other educational resources to kids in need.

So, let's hop to it and post our selfies on Instagram with the requisite book in the photo and appropriate hashtags in the post to make sure a child in need has a book to read!

Merry Christmas to You!!

I hope you are having a wonderfully joyous day, whether you celebrate the Christmas holiday or not.... For me in a nutshell, celebrating Christmas is the time of year spent with family bonding together for the day, which includes exchanging and opening gifts around the Christmas tree, eating and enjoying a scrumptious holiday meal with pies, cookies, candy, or other sweets for dessert. Plus, engaging in other activities, which may include a beach walk, games, etc.

In the spirit of the Christmas holiday, I'm reminded of the tradition to give to those in need. I've donated to many worthy causes over the years. This holiday season however, I chose to donate to DonorsChoose.Org. The following quote about Donors Choose comes directly from the DonorsChoose.Org website:

DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on our site, and you can give any amount to the project that most inspires you. 

I believe in educating and enriching the lives of children to the fullest extent possible. Children are our future... A proper education helps children become our next leaders, doctors, nurses, teachers, scientists... Or whatever they choose to become. Children need to have access to all the necessary educational tools possible to succeed in life and compete in today's fast pace world. 

I chose to help fund a classroom project through DonorsChoose.Org. I believe reading and literacy are important tools that help children succeed in any subject matter. Children have to be able to not only read, but comprehend what they are reading to succeed. The project I helped to fund, will enable a social studies teacher to buy much needed books to help her students better understand a particular topic in American history.

I've donated to DonorsChoose.org in the past and other educational organizations and will continue to do so in the future.

Have a wonderful day celebrating the Christmas holiday! Did you donate to a charitable organization this holiday season?