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Donate your NEW unwanted clothing (with tags attached) on behalf of the local nonprofit free monthly book program in your town.
Just create an account to print a requested free shipping label. Then fill and mail a bag/box with your new unwanted items. Handbags and shoes, too!
Max. 10 lb.
ReadYay! does the rest and your local nonprofit free monthly book program receives 40% of the proceeds of every item sold.**
Shop new clothing by brand, gender, style, size, color, and even your town (zip code) and free book program for quality name brand and designer clothing at up to 90% off retail.
Plus, 5% of every sale is donated for free preschool books for children in the buyer's town through ReadYay!'s Yay! Free More Books Initiative.
Give free books and the joy of reading to children in your community with your donation or purchase.
Books are mailed monthly directly to their homes through First Library or other nonprofit free monthly book programs like Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and PJ Library.
First Library promotes early childhood literacy, book ownership and library patronage.
40% of the proceeds of every sale is paid to the nonprofit free monthly book program in your town.
Funds Raised Stay In Your Community & Benefit Preschoolers In Your Town.
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1 in 4 CHILDREN IN AMERICA GROW UP WITHOUT LEARNING HOW TO READ.
The window is so small to get books into the hands of young children and for the reading to begin.
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READYAY! DEFINITION:
READ - to make out the significance of by scrutiny or observationread
rēd/Submit
verb
1.
look at and comprehend the meaning of (written or printed matter) by mentally interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is composed.
"it's the best novel I've ever read"
synonyms: peruse
YAY - an exclamation used to express joy, excitement, etc.
yay1
yā/Submit
exclamationinformal
expressing triumph, approval, or encouragement.
"Yay! Great, Julie!"
6 simple steps by YOU could mean
60 books for a preschooler in your town.
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2. DONATE
Handbags and shoes, too!
$40.00 minimum.
3. BOX
Max. 10 lbs. per package.
4. LABEL
Print and attach the prepaid shipping label to the box (one label per package).
Max. 10 lbs. per package.5. SLIP
Don't forget to print, fill out and include a donation slip inside the box for proper credit for your town's program or the town/program of your choice.
6. SHIP
Drop it off at your local UPS .
The littlest donation makes the biggest difference.
Every $5.00 spent @readyay.com buys a book for a preschooler in your town.
give free books monthly to preschool children in your town.
ReadYay! works with a network of nonprofit free preschool book programs, primarily First Library™, and affiliates like Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and PJ Library to help deliver free high quality, age-appropriate books directly to the homes of children, newborn to age five, free of cost and financial obligation, regardless of the family’s income.*
Our consignment service pays 40% of the proceeds of every sale to the nonprofit free monthly book program in the donor’s town. Funds raised stay in your community and benefit preschoolers in your town.**
With over 36,000,000 books mailed to children in the United States and beyond and over ONE MILLION children receiving new books each and every month, ReadYay!, partnering with First Library, will be able to bring the free preschool book program to more children across the United States with every purchase.***
And with our Yay! More Free Books Initiative, an additional 5% percent of every sale is donated directly for free preschool books in the buyer's town thereby ensuring the gift of reading now and in the future for ALL READYAY! CHILDREN.
CTO
First Library's (firstlibrary.org) mission is to promote early childhood literacy through book ownership, educational support and library patronage.
First Library in conjunction with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library children registered in the program can receive up to 60 free, brand new, age-appropriate books, until the age of 5, at no cost or obligation to their families.
All we ask is that they read to them daily and maintain local library patronage.
FIRST LIBRARY- WE DON'T JUST GIVE, WE ENGAGE!
CEO
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, (imaginationlibrary.com), is a nationwide book giving program that handles the selection and delivery of free books to children from birth to age 5 monthly.
These free books from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library are a mixture of classic and contemporary fiction and non-fiction for children.
The Imagination Library program is paid for by Ms. Parton’s Dollywood Foundation and a local sponsoring affiliate, such as First Library.
Affiliates, such as First Library, promote, register, manage, and pay all book, mailing and program costs while the Dollywood Foundation manages the book selection and delivery database system.
First Library™is the first and only fully operational affiliate in the State of New Jersey.
Senior Architect
PJ Library (pjlibrary.org) is a Jewish engagement and literacy program for Jewish and interfaith families with young children.
PJ Library is modeled after Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program.
PJ Library sends out free Jewish children's books and music to Jewish and interfaith families on a monthly basis by subscription.
PJ Library partners with communities around the world to provide families raising Jewish children with the gift of free, high-quality children's books, music, and resources that foster deeper engagement with Jewish life.
READYAY! DEFINITION:
READ - to make out the significance of by scrutiny or observationread
rēd/Submit
verb
1.
look at and comprehend the meaning of (written or printed matter) by mentally interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is composed.
"it's the best novel I've ever read"
synonyms: peruse
YAY - an exclamation used to express joy, excitement, etc.
yay1
yā/Submit
exclamationinformal
expressing triumph, approval, or encouragement.
"Yay! Great, Julie!"How many books are in your closet?
$550.00!
The average woman has $550.00 worth of new unworn (aka unwanted) clothing and shoes.
That’s about 5 items that you (75%) or your friends (51%) don’t really like or want (you) to wear.
Or that could be about 55 books for preschoolers in your community.
DONATE LOCALLY AND TURN YOUR NEW UNWANTED CLOTHING INTO NEW NEEDED BOOKS FOR PRESCHOOLERS IN YOUR TOWN.
DONATE Locally
Everyone benefits with the funds raised for free children’s books: children in your town and children in the buyer’s town.
Give the joy of reading with your donation.
Create a free account to receive a prepaid shipping label.
One label per package.
Please print a donation slip for First Library or PJ Library and place inside your package.
Thank you.
Donation Cards
6 simple steps by US could mean
60 books for a preschooler in your town.
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1. RECEIPT
You will receive a receipt via email when your package is received at our warehouse.
2. INSPECT
Items are inspected.
3. PREP
And prepped.
4. TAG
Tagged and priced for sale.
5. SHOP
Shop your town/program's new women and children's clothing at up to 90% off retail @ readyay.com.
6.BOOKS
List of children in your community receiving books due to your generosity is emailed monthly.+
The only behavior measure that correlates signicantly with reading scores is the number of books in the home.
The literacy Crisis: False Claims, Real Solutions, 1998
Children who are "well-read-to" (at least five times a week), when asked to tell a story, used more literary language than unread to children and they used more sophisticated syntactic forms, longer phrases, and relative clauses. They were also better able to understand the oral and written language of others - an important foundation for the comprehension skills that will develop in the coming years.
Wolf, M. (2007). Proust and the Squds: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain. New York: Harper Perennial.
Donate your NEW UNWANTED clothing and shoes on behalf of the First Time Mothers In Need program (First Library Plus) in your town and ReadYay! will double their donation to 10% (Yay! More Free Books Initiative 5% donation to the buyer's town and an additional 5% to first time mothers in need program in the donor's town).
Director of High Fives, Apple
First Library is dedicated to promoting early childhood literacy through book ownership, educational support and library patronage.
Its First Library Plus program offers first time mothers in need books plus clothing and educational toys during their child's first three years of life while promoting early childhood literacy, journaling, library patronage, and healthy and responsible parenting.
FIRST LIBRARY PLUS - GIVING & ENGAGING
FIRST TIME FAMILIES IN NEED
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is a nationwide program that mails a free book to children from birth to age 5 monthly. These free books from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library are a mixture of classic and contemporary fiction and non-fiction for children.
The Imagination Library program is paid for by Ms. Parton’s Dollywood Foundation and a local sponsoring affiliate, such as First Library.
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+Due to privacy concerns ReadYay! can not use children's actual names.