The Needle and ThREAD: Stitching for Literacy program celebrates reading and needlework.

During the annual Bookmark Challenge, independent needlework shops, guilds, and other groups collect hand-stitched bookmarks and donate them to libraries and schools during Children's Book Week. The bookmarks are distributed to kids as rewards for reading accomplishments.

Needle and ThREAD: Stitching for Literacy partners with needlework, literacy, and library organizations to conduct outreach and promotional events.

Independent designers craft Stitching for Literacy bookmark patterns. They donate to literacy projects 10% of profits from sales of these special patterns bearing the Needle and ThREAD: Stitching for Literacy logo.

With this Group, I hope to bring together Stitching for Literacy participants so that we can share ideas and fun, record our collective progress, better promote the program, and help it grow.

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