Happy GROW Month! September is a special time not just for Organics Unlimited but also for those who advocate literacy. It is National School Success Month, Library Card Sign-Up Month, and September 8 is International Literacy Day. A very busy month dedicated to encourage reading. But there are many out there who cannot afford the time or don’t have the opportunity to learn how to read. Thanks to GROW and your support, we are helping others further their education and literacy.
When you support GROW you are helping fund opportunities to further educate youths through Project Amigo’s Literacy Program, which was formed ten years ago by Boise Sunrise Rotarian, Bev Pressman. During a winter work week where Pressman volunteered, activities included taking books to read to children in Colima area orphanages and rural schools. At the end of the activity, volunteers gathered up the books and returned to the Project Amigo headquarters. Before she left, Pressman asked the question, “Why didn’t Project Amigo leave the books for the children to continue to enjoy?”
From that moment a new focus at Project Amigo was born: collaborating and cooperating with groups from the US, Canada, and Australia to acquire children’s books. Private donations and your support help with the purchase mini-libraries of fun children’s books and books that the children can keep for their very own.
Thanks to this generous program, thousands of children each year are able to experience the joy of reading. Teachers have reported noticeable changes in children’s attitudes toward learning, in their creativity, and in their vocabularies.
Help spread awareness of GROW Month all through September and we can continue providing resources and funds to create opportunities like these for the families and workers who live in the banana growing regions of Mexico and Ecuador.
Check out our online store for new POP materials for each of your retail locations for GROW Month and do your part to help change the world. Contact us at info@organicsunlimited.com for login information.
Call us about our sampling program that is available during GROW Month and spread the love of bananas to your customers! Contact us at organics@osterads.com for information.
If you’d like to be involved and to learn more about Organics Unlimited and GROW, visit OrganicsUnlimited.com, GROWBananas.org, or call (619) 710-0658.
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