Join Arnav in support of Pratham USA Readathon 2015 (Chicago)

Arnav

350 from 8 donors 6 updates 500 goal
What is the Readathon?
Pratham USA Readathon 2015 is a fundraising initiative that encourages kids in the U.S. to read more books and raise money to help less fortunate kids in India learn to read.
How does it work?
Kids ask their friends and family to donate money to Pratham for every book they read. The more books they read, the more money they raise. Learn more here.
Where does my money go?
All donations to the Readathon go to support Pratham’s work for child education in India. With the help of trained professionals and dedicated volunteers, Pratham runs pre-schools and after-school programs in many cities and villages of India so that underprivileged children can read, write and count at their appropriate grade level. Pratham needs only $25 to educate one child for one whole year.Pratham receives 97% of the money you donate here. 2.9% + 30 cents is charged by the credit card processing company. We thank SeeYourImpact for providing Pratham with its Storytelling Donation platform free of cost.
Who can participate?
Kids of any age can participate (adults too!). Children too young to read can have a parent or older siblings read to them.
Why participate?
Reading is good for everyone. Reading to help others learn to read is Great!Participating in this Readathon is an amazing way to do community service, and enjoy the benefits of reading at the same time – increased vocabulary, improved communication skills and the joy of helping others.
Are there prizes?
Yes! Trophies will be given to readers who raise $250 or more. A Young Reader Award for the reader who raises the most money and a Young Leader Award for the Readathon Coordinator who demonstrates strong leadership skills and whose team raises a significant amount of money. Certificates of Appreciation for all readers. More information is available here.
What is a Readathon Coordinator?
A Readathon Coordinator (RC) is a high school student who will lead a team of younger readers and guide, support, and cheer them on in meeting their reading and fundraising goals for the Readathon. A RC will learn good management and leadership skills, and can also enjoy all the benefits of being a reader. For more information, click here.
How do I know if my donation makes a difference?
With every $1,000 raised, Pratham is able to educate 40 children for one whole year. Readers and donors can read some stories of children who attend Pratham schools by clicking here

Update #6

Sorry I haven’t been able to post much recently, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been reading. Actually, as you can see below, I have been reading a lot!

1.Duke
2.The South Pole Pig
3.Art2 D2’s Arts and Crafts
4.The House at Pooh Corner
5.Stranded
6.Because of Winn-Dixie
7.The Way of the Samurai
8.Bad Kitty has a Bath
9.Bad Kitty and the Birthday Party
10.I’m Not a Supermouse
11.Frindle

I am drowning in all these books.
By the way, a BIG Thank You everybody for liking my slogan.

10 books this week folks!

With the weather nice and warm its REALLY been torture staying in and reading. But as you can see, I am COMMITTED ;)

1.Bone Crown of Horns
2.Big Nate Game On
3.Bone Eyes of the Storm
4.Big Nate from the Top
5.Big Nate Out Loud
6.Bone Tall Tales
7.Big Nate Makes the Grade
8.Happy Birthday Bad Kitty
9.George and the Big Bang
10.George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt

(The truth is that these books were pretty awesome too, so it wasn’t as huge a deal as I made it out to be…)

Intense week read 10 books!!!

BIG NATE – GAME ON
It starts out with Nate getting mad about the basket ball team name. They are suppose to be named the Bob Cats but on the jersey it just says cats. Then Francis Nate’s other best friend wants his house cat to be the team mascot and brings hairballs to be pom – poms and then for his baseball team he has to deal his through his team being called chez linda. The season after that the coach goes to a draft to pick players to be on his team. Right when coach comes back Nate and Teddy make sure he didn’t draft Brad when coach says no Nate asks coach if he hates Brad he says no and silently says he hates Brads father. Then Nate’s least favorite coach subs for the coach and makes them practice with 8th graders!

Big Nate - In a Class by Himself

Nate is walking in school when he realizes that he forgot his lunch. He asks one of his best friends Teddy if he can borrow some food. Luckily Teddy had a lot of food from leftovers of yesterdays dinner. Teddy also gives him a fortune cookie. Nate cracks it open gobbles the cookie. It says today you will surpass others. Nate ends up getting five detention slips and failing everything not surpassing others. When he gets to detention at the end of school he realizes he and the teacher were the only ones there.He thinks he surpassed all others by being the only one in detention.”Boo Yah’ he yells and starts dancing.

This book is very funny

Bone - Old Mans Cave

Villainous Rat creatures are taking over the town. The farmers are fighting to protect their valuables. Smiley Bone and Fone Bone have gone missing; when they reunite with Granma Ben, Thorn and Lucius. They all go to fight the hooded one but they come across Kingdok the biggest rat creature, and they must fight their way through.

I like this series because I like adventure stories.

Read my first book for this fundraiser

Hi Everybody,

Today I read a book called BIG NATE STRIKES AGAIN number 2 of the series BIG NATE. It is a very funny book with a boy named Nate who has an archenemy Gina, she thinks she is the best at every thing.Somehow,they get paired up for a project on Ben Franklin. Gina does a huge report on Ben while Nate does a small comic but they end up striking a deal. You see while that was going on, Nate had been picked to be a team captain of fleece ball and Gina had ended up on his team the deal was Gina would do the whole report while Nate would get her off the fleece ball team because Gina never wanted to play in the first place. But when the reports were due, the teacher Mrs.Godfrey said that Gina had printed things off the internet so they almost got an F. Luckily Nate remembered his comic he showed it to Mrs.Godfrey, she was pleased after all Ben Franklin was a comic writer. They ended up getting an A Plus because of Nate. After that, at the fleece ball game the cuddly kittens (Nate’s team) played. The score was 11-9 it was Gina’s last hit she swung it went right above the poster and they won.
I liked this book.

Thanks
Arnav