How to Support NIE

 

The Index-Journal's NIE program is dedicated to strengthening literacy by providing educators with online digital replica  newspapers, quality instructional materials and training that will enrich the curriculum and assist in teaching reading, writing, social studies, science, mathematics and more through the use of the digital newspaper. Given the current economic conditions affecting the many school districts throughout the Lakelands, please consider a donation to NIE. Donations to NIE enables access to digital newspaper subscriptions for educators in schools that cannot afford this excellent teaching tool. At an educational rate, digital copies of the Index-Journal are available. One hundred percent of all donations sponsor copies of the Index-Journal in classrooms throughout Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens and McCormick counties. 

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Why Sponsor the NIE program? 

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Everyone wins when your business sponsors the Index-Journal's Newspapers in Education Program!

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• Your business can support the production and digital delivery of The Index-Journal at a fraction of the retail cost of the paper.

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• 100% of your tax-deductible contribution goes directly to providing digital newspapers to classrooms in Greenwood and Abbeville Counties. No administrative fee is assessed, so your business receives the maximum tax benefit allowable by law. 

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• The Index-Journal will promote your business as a good corporate citizen interested in quality education by recognizing your contribution in several "Thank You" advertisements throughout the year and through the NIE website. 

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• You will play a role in raising standardized test scores, as research has shown that students in schools with an NIE program score, on average, 10% higher than students who do not receive the newspaper in their classrooms. 

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• The Index-Journal absorbs the cost of the NIE staff, digital delivery of the newspaper to local schools and provide you with the quality advertising and promotion of NIE and your sponsorship. 

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CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP

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Corporations, businesses and foundations are encouraged to consider one of the NIE sponsorship levels listed below that will enable electronic copies of the newspaper to classrooms that otherwise could not afford this excellent teaching tool. All schools with sponsored NIE orders are notified of their sponsors and that their newspapers are paid as a result of the sponsors' generosity. 

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                              Level                            Donation Amount                    # of Daily Digital Newspapers Sponsored

 

                        Gold Apple                      $1,000 and above                           4,000+ digital copies

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                       Silver Apple                       $500 and above                        2,000 - 3,996 digital copies

 

                       Bronze Apple                      $250 and above                        1,000 - 1,996 digital copies

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CLASSROOM SPONSORSHIP

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Your sponsorship will provide a digital replica newspaper for each child in one classroom. You may pick the classroom or one may be assigned to you. 

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                              Level                            Donation Amount                    # of Daily Digital Newspapers Sponsored

 

                    Classroom Sponsor               $150 and above                              700+ digital copies

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 VACATION DONATIONS

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Instead of stopping delivery of the paper while on vacation, subscribers can donate their papers to local classrooms.

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INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION

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Any donation you would like to make, whether it be $1 or $100, will help us in our efforts to supply free digital newspapers to students. 

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Tax-Deductible

 

News Link Foundation, the Index-Journal's nonprofit coporation, is a section 501(c)(3) organization. This means that any donation you make to the Foundation is tax-deductible. For more information about charitable donations and how to use them as tax deductions, click here.

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