Success Won’t Wait volunteer wins Kindness Hero Award

Founded in 2002, Success Won’t Wait, Inc. is a not for profit literacy program based in Wilmington, Delaware. The organization’s mission is to encourage reading, particularly by children.

Success Won’t Wait volunteers organize used book drives, calling on ordinary citizens to donate used books for redistribution in the community. To date, dozens of book drives have been held throughout the Mid-Atlantic at many different types of locations. Both private and public schools — from pre-schools to the University of Delaware – have become involved.

Since 2002, Success Won’t Wait has collected close to 450,000 books, with approximately 20,000 of those currently awaiting distribution.

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The innovative partnership between Success Won’t Wait and McNeill Designs began in 2005 when McNeill Designs principles committed themselves to using the company’s success to help support important charitable causes.

Since 2005, McNeill Designs has donated a portion of sales of the award-winning word game “You’ve Been Sentenced!” to Success Won’t Wait, in order to help provide much-needed free books to organizations, schools and programs nationwide.

Because the You’ve been Sentenced! word game is inherently an educational game (as well as lots of fun), the folks at McNeill Designs wanted to partner with an well-established organization that focused on reading and literacy as a beneficiary.

To find You’ve been Sentenced! at a store near you, visit McNeill Designs’ store locator.

http://www.mcneilldesigns.com/stores

Research has shown that simply giving children books may be as effective as summer school - and a lot cheaper. Over the last 20 years...low-income students simply have less access to print. In some cases, even walking to the public library may be too dangerous.

--Greg Toppo, USA TODAY