Write_On Youth!
Some favorite new "Reasons to Write", courtesy of 4th graders at Lewis Elementary:
To ask the animal shelter for an exception to their rule that volunteers be at least 12 years old.
To arrange a playdate!
To write a letter to your pet. In their own language. "Dear George, Meow, purr, meow, meow."
The letter-writing experiences that others share via social media keep us motivated each year, but no one has inspired us more during this year's campaign than a certain group of 4th graders. For the second April in a row, Write_On donated letter-writing supplies to Portland's Lewis Elementary. Teacher Mark Richner (Lewis Room 20) devised an entire curriculum around the month-long Write_On campaign by working all sorts of lessons into the project ranging from time-management skills (they collectively decided upon when in the day would work best to write daily letters) to innovative card design (they watched a video of the die-cut process we employ at Egg Press as inspiration for creating their own cut-out cards!).
With enthusiasm and perseverance, they kept it up, even through a power outage that had the whole class writing in the dark. Congratulations to all the 4th graders at Lewis Elementary for completing the Write_On Challenge! And thank you for the truly extraordinary thank you letters you sent us. You are one talented bunch and we treasure them!
“Every time we received a letter you felt warm.”
“Thank you for the fun you gave me to look forward to every morning. I loved the thankful smiles and thankful words I got from the people I gave letters to.”
“Handwritten cards are important because loved ones that are millions of miles away, that you don’t get to see everyday, have something to say to you.”
“Writing letters made me way more confident with writing letters. It was an uplifting feeling to come out of the day and have a letter to help me stay up.”
