Teen Librarians

Enter the
Mighty Cause/Read Kiddo Read
$2,500 Giveaway!

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Sponsored by Asset Based Thinking for Teens and

James Patterson’s Read Kiddo Read

The Mission:

To help librarians and teachers instill the passion for reading in the minds and hearts of youth.

The Idea Behind the Mission:

Librarians and teachers are passionate about books and reading and are in a front-line position to instill the passion for reading in youth. ABT for Teens encourages and helps enable youth to find their ”Mighty Cause,” their passionate beliefs and values that are important to them and to the wider world.

One of the Mighty Causes that ABT has embraced is “The Passion For Reading.” James Patterson has embraced this same passion and established a web-based community, Read Kiddo Read, which is solely dedicated to this mission. Also, as an author of Young Adult books, Mr. Patterson is a supporter and champion of librarians and their key role in this “reading” mission.

The Program:

Librarians and teachers will be recognized and rewarded for creating and conducting outstanding programs to engage teens and ignite the spark that will fuel their passion for reading.

How to Enter:

Email EarlyWord/MightyCause by midnight, Friday, Jan 15, 2010, the following information:

1) Your name, address, name of your library and your job title

2) The name of your program

3) An outline of your plans for a program to instill a passion for reading in the young people in your community, to run any time between February 1 and May 30, 2010. Be as specific as possible about your plans. Include the number of kids you expect to reach and which other community organizations, if any, you plan to work with. (Note: this can be a program you are already planning.)

A panel of judges will select the top 10 proposals, based on creativity and feasibility by February 12, 2010. Each of the Top Ten will receive a Kodak Vid Camera to document the results and submit them by Friday, May 30, 2010.

One grand winner will be selected from the Top Ten to win $2,500 for their library, as well as a free ABT Teen Seminar. The winner will be announced on June 15, 2010.

QUESTIONS? Email EarlyWord/MightyCause

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CONTEST RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

ELIGIBILITY: The contest is open to all legal residents of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico and Canada) who are 21 years of age or older. The following persons and their dependents are not eligible to enter or win: employees of Running Press Publishers, The Concept Farm, or Read Kiddo Read. and their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate families (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) of each of the above.

HOW TO ENTER: The contest is open from 9AM on December 4, 2009 through 11:59PM on May 30th, 2010.

All entries for the first round must be received by Friday, January 15th, 2010. All entires for the Grand Prize must be completed by Friday, May 30, 2010.

HOW TO WIN: Submit a proposal as to how best to encourage and inspire young adults to embrace the act of reading via email to EarlyWord by midnight, Friday, January 15th, 2010. If selected, your library will be provided with a Kodak Vid Camera to document the ideas outlined in your proposal. You will be required to submit video clips that best represent the execution of your concept by May 30th, 2010. Your documented progress will be one of 10 finalist considered to win the $2500 grand prize for your library, as well as a free ABT Teen Seminar. The winner will be announced no later than June 15th, 2010.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY/RESERVED RIGHTS: Neither the Sponsor, nor the parent, subsidiary or affiliate companies, nor the promotional agencies shall have any obligation or responsibility with regard to (i) entries that contain inaccurate information or do not comply with these rules, (ii) entries, prize claims or notifications that are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient, in whole or in part, due to computer or technical error of any kind, (iii) telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or (iv) any damages or losses of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from acceptance, possession or use of any prize. The Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Web Site or otherwise violating these rules. The Sponsor further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Sweepstakes if the Sweepstakes cannot be completed as planned because of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort.