Through the end of the year, freelance writers with Demand Media Studios will have their fingers to the keyboard in hopes of providing new books to kids in need. The writers, whose articles are often featured by the likes of eHow.com, LIVESTRONG.com and other content partners, are able to give back this holiday season thanks to Demand’s Write for a Cause campaign.
Write for a Cause, first launched in December of 2009, awards one book to First Book for every 10 articles published by Demand Media Studios’ league of contributing writers. This week, however, every 10 articles published will help provide TWO new books thanks to a match from First Book’s generous publishing partners. Hooray!
Help us encourage Demand’s freelance writers by sharing a motivational comment below. We’ll be sure to pass on your messages throughout the week via Twitter.
In August, the Demand Media Studios community teamed up with First Book to provide 15,149 brand new books to children from low-income families through the “Write for a Cause” program. For every eight articles that writers and editors at Demand Media Studios created, the company funded one new book through First Book. In just 18 days of writing for a cause, the team created a whopping 121,192 articles.
During the past year, three “Write for a Cause” campaigns have funded more than 40,000 books for kids who need them most. A big thank you goes out to the Demand Media Studios team for being a committed partner in our battle against illiteracy!
Guest blogger Yury Polnar is the Marketing Acquisitions Manager at Demand Media, an online community of freelance writers and copy editors that creates informative articles for popular websites like LIVESTRONG.com, eHow.com and many others.
Last December, more than 4,000 Demand Media freelance writers and copy editors put their fingers to keyboards around the country and kept busy writing for a cause. For every eight articles created that month, Demand Media agreed to donate one book to a child in need. And in the span of just one month, this talented and passionate group of writers and editors created enough articles to put 16,072 brand new books in the hands of thousands of children across the country!
Today, I’m happy to announce a two-week return of the “Write for a Cause” program. In partnership with First Book, we hope to help rewrite the future for thousands of underprivileged kids and empower the next generation of writers, editors, business owners and space explorers to reach the stars through adequate access to literature and other educational resources.
For more information about First Book’s partnership with Demand Media and how you can help, please click here. And to monitor the progress of this campaign, please visit the Write for a Cause Facebook page.
