So I was talking to the lead writer of USA Weekend magazine (the folks who do Make a Difference Day), and they're looking to profile great school volunteers.
Here's the text of what they're looking for:
It was nice speaking with you! Here's summary of what we're doing. Same as last year's very successful cover. Reader response was so strong, we want to do this every year now. You may send this to whomever out there could help us find good stories about parents who are making a difference at their schools. They may email me direct with their lead summaries. Here's what I'm
looking for, as posted on Profnet today:
We now will be doing an annual cover story about parents who care enough to make a big difference at their schools: Last year, we found a parent who arranged for computers and needed wiring to be donated to the classroom; a group of parents who organized regular school clean-up days and community service days for the kids there; and a third who started her own Spanish-speaking class instruction sessions for K-2 kids to help break down the culture/language gap there. Looking for more such inspirational stories out there. Send summaries with contact info. No attachments please.
For background: USA Weekend is the nation's second-largest magazine, distributed in more than 600 American newspapers, with 22.7 million in circulation and 50.4 million readers each week. (The circulation is larger than that combined of Vanity Fair, ESPN, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Oprah, Newsweek, People, Time, Sports Illustrated and US News & World Report.) It is carried in more than 605 newspapers, including the New York Daily News, the Arizona Republic, Indianapolis Star, the Denver Post, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Detroit and San Francisco combined newspapers and the Los Angeles Daily News. Interview subjects for cover stories and features have included President Bush and First Lady Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Clint Eastwood, Caroline Kennedy and Meryl Streep.
With Paul Newman, USA WEEKEND launched Make A Difference Day 12 years ago, and Difference Day is now the single largest-day of volunteer participation in America. USA WEEKEND also publishes its annual Most Caring Athlete/Most
Caring Coach award cover, in which pro athletes such as Peyton Manning, Donovan McNabb, Alonzo Mourning, Michele Kwan and Tony Stewart have been
honored.
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Here's the URL for last year's cover of "Parents Who Care."
www.usaweekend.com/04_issues/040815/040815parents.html
best,
Dennis McCafferty
Senior Writer
USA WEEKEND
P: 703 854 5238
F: 703 854 2122
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....It wa s agreat issue last year. Can't wait to read all the new stories this year and every year after. Good luck.
Tim
