2/29: This event has concluded
Thank you to everyone that participated in this year's drive! We collected over 300 books for three local schools and nearly a dozen video recordings. Lambda Pi Eta couldn't have done this without the help of the Cal Poly COMS community and local San Luis Obispo supporters!
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If you would still like to submit VIDEO RECORDINGS (not book donations!), please submit your recording (following the procedures below) lphpresident@gmail.com. Contact lphpresident@gmail.com for more details.
Lambda Pi Eta
Winter Book Drive
For their yearly philanthropic service activity, Lambda Pi Eta is running a month-long Book Drive campaign with local schools in San Luis Obispo County. Learn all the ways you can give the gift of reading this February!
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LPH is excited to be partnered with Cambria Grammar School (Cambria), Almond Acres Charter Academy (San Miguel), and Mary Buren Elementary School (Guadalupe) to bring books and reading recordings to young students on the Central Coast. See all the ways you can participate below!
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Contact Audrey MacDonald at lphpresident@gmail.com
or Chelsie Lui at clui07@calpoly.edu with any questions
For The
Love of Reading
The theme for this drive is "For The Love of Reading"!
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Share with us your favorite reading memories! Whether a favorite childhood picture book, a short chapter from a novel, poetry, or maybe something else. . .
What do you love about reading?
Ways to Participate
The campaign starts February 8th and donations end February 26th. Following donation closing, Lambda Pi Eta will organize the books and recordings to be sent to their respective locations!
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Follow us on IG @lphcalpoly for updates on the drive all month!
Drop off or ship over book donations in SLO! We will take books for K-8th grade readers; please only donate books that are of good to new condition. The books will be delivered by LPH to their respective schools.
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For those who don't have books on hand, donate through our
Amazon Wish List!
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(Need help purchasing? Check here!)
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Book Collection Site​
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Address: 547 Ellen Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
- Notes:
- Drop off time between 9am to 5pm​
- Leave books in/by the tub to the right side of the main door
- Mail-in or ship books to the same address!
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Include in your donation:
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The books!​
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A quick note with your name and "LPH Book Drive"
Send over a video recording of yourself reading a children's book! All recordings will be archived and shared with our school partners. We will accept all recordings, but would prefer stories around the theme of
"For The Love of Reading".
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Tips for getting books to read:
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Purchase a book to read and donate it afterwards!
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Record yourself reading an ebook
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Find books at used bookstores or your local thrift shop
Video Requirements
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Must be submitted as a YouTube Link (public or unlisted)​
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Under 10 minutes per submission
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Details on how to record below
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Send in submissions here:
Share your story: your favorite book, a to-read list, a childhood reading memory. We are looking for content submissions for the LPH Instagram page throughout the campaign. Feel free to send in multiple submissions!
All submissions will be considered, but not all submissions may be posted depending on the volume of submissions received.
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Send in submissions here
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SEND A RECORDING
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SHARE YOUR STORY
How to Record
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You can either be in the shot while reading or record your voice over a video of the book
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Suggestion: Record in a location that is related to the book you are reading
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For example, if you are reading a book about farm animals, record yourself at a farm or in an outdoor area.
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If you can’t find a setting that relates to your book, just simply being somewhere else that’s visually intriguing is great!
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Tips on recording
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Make sure you’re primarily focusing on the book itself (It should be in view in the video)
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Kids want to see the pictures!
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If you are in the shot, make sure to have a close up on the page before you turn it
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Try to record in a quiet, well-lit area
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