The 4th Grade Literacy

Group

Created by:

Kimberly McLaughlin

Bucksport Site

My Advocacy statement:

I feel reading is so important;

so, let’s keep all 4th grade

students at MLS reading over

vacations.

My Plan:

Contact school and get

permission.

Contact book stores and all local

businesses.

Create and print many advocacy

letters to distribute in town.

Make posters and fliers

advocating what I wanted.

Set a date and time and place for

raffle.

Use all proceeds towards new

books.

I visited all businesses in town

seeking donations.

I feel it is so important to keep children

reading over vacations.

They keep their skills up.

They enter a whole new world

when they read.

It may even boost their

confidence.

Businesses I contacted:

Mings-McDonalds-True Value-Tanning

Salon-Dunkin Donuts-McLeods-Hair

Salon-Rite-Aid-Family Dollar-Subway-

Hannerford-Bucksport House of Pizza-

The Alamo-Gold Star Cleaners-Florist

Shop- and a few more.

I patiently waited:

I received two calls on the first nite. I

was very excited-I was on my way to

making a difference.

Those were the only two calls I

received.

I was pretty bummed.

Here are the Gift Cards I

received.

But that didn’t stop

me- I worked even

harder.

I even called the

bookstores again.

They never returned my call.

Even though my project failed I did

learn one thing about myself; that is,

I can advocate for a very worthy

cause and feel great about it. I’m

painfully shy; but, I grew a lot from

doing this project.