Literacy for a Lifetime

Literacy for a Lifetime Corporate Matching Program
Working together to promote literacy…one child, one book at a time!

Educational Development Corporation (EDC), a publicly traded company on NASDAQ (EDUC), is a company dedicated to providing the best educational children's books available in the marketplace. The product line of over 1,300 titles includes history, science, nature, beginning and juvenile readers, foreign languages, and much more. These books are lavishly illustrated, award-winning, critically acclaimed, and are in widespread use in educational institutions as well as in the home.

Educational Development Corporation has developed a program, Literacy for a Lifetime, that aligns our company with corporate donors to provide quality products to educational institutions and charitable organizations.

What is Literacy for a Lifetime?

· Literacy for a Lifetime is a partnership that brings together EDC/Usborne Books with businesses and individuals to support schools and organizations.

· Literacy for a Lifetime offers a 50% matching grant in books for every dollar contributed. For example, a $10,000 donation is matched with an additional $5,000 from EDC/Usborne Books and the organization of your choice receives $15,000 in educational materials for their use. Tax Free. Shipping Free.

· Literacy for a Lifetime can be used as often as donations become available, has no cap on the amount that can be donated and is tax deductible.

· The receiving organization has full control over the selection of books.

This program will enhance the corporate donation and is available in all 50 states to qualifying organizations. Examples of potential recipients include (but is not limited to):

· Schools

· Head Start Programs

· Non-Profit Organizations

· Education Programs

· Nurseries

· Hospitals

· Areas affected by natural disasters