PRESS RELEASE
Lifeline Foundation, Inc.
301 North Harrison Street, Suite 35
Princeton, NJ 08540-3512
Phone: 732.801.6751, 6756
Fax: 877.570.1237
Email: info@myLifelineFoundation.org
Internet: www.myLifelineFoundation.org
Weblog: http://lifelineextensions.blogspot.com/
Children are the globe’s most precious commodity. ™
Contact: Terence H. Biggs, Jr. & Sharon M. Biggs, M.A.
Internet: www.myLifelineFoundation.org
Weblog: http://lifelineextensions.blogspot.com/
Children are the globe’s most precious commodity. ™
Contact: Terence H. Biggs, Jr. & Sharon M. Biggs, M.A.
LIFELINE FOUNDATION, INC. ESTABLISHED AS 501 (c) (3) ORGANIZATION
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 24, 2009: Terence H. Biggs, Jr., an entrepreneur, his wife, Sharon M. Biggs, recipient of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation 2009 Principal Fellowship Grant, and their daughter, Danielle M. Biggs; are proud to announce the establishment of Lifeline Foundation, Inc. as a 501 (c) (3) organization.
“501(c)(3) exemptions apply to corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational purposes, to foster national or international amateur sports competition, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.” (Wikipedia)
The book donation was the first of its kind at La Escuela Farallón, where all instruction is delivered in Spanish; except for one day per week when a specialist visits the school for a portion of the day to teach limited English. None of the students or staff members spoke English during The Biggs’ trip to La Escuela. In honor of Terence’s grandfather and grandmother, who are both deceased; The Biggs have committed to establishing libraries in schools located in poor communities in Panamá and in other places around the world.
In an attempt to mobilize efforts to improve Bilingual Education and ESL Instruction at La Escuela Farallón, Sharon donated the initial 110 books along with professional development materials to be used for Guided Reading and Writing balanced literacy instruction at the school. After returning to the U.S. from the Dodge/FEA Grant trip, Sharon began organizing a 2009 Book Donation Drive to collect 1,000 children’s storybooks and chapter books written in English to send to La Escuela Farallón to help develop the first Clifford & Ivy Greaves Children’s Library at La Escuela Farallón. Sharon, the Co-Founder of Lifeline Foundation, Inc. will serve as the Foundation’s President.
Donation Drive invitation letters were sent out and favorable responses started pouring in immediately, with some book donations already being sent to Lifeline Foundation, Inc. Following the model of successful and ongoing charity and philanthropy demonstrated by The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The Dodge/FEA Foundation under the leadership of Mary Reece; and efforts under the leadership of its Chairman, Frederick W. Smith of Federal Express, the Biggs have reached out to Federal Express to find out if the company will grant funding to sponsor the book collection shipment to La Escuela Farallón in early November 2009. The Biggs expressed wanting a sense of “shipment security” Federal Express offers to its clients as a guaranteed commitment to quality service.
LifelineExtensions.blog is the division of Lifeline Foundation, Inc. responsible for coordinating the 2009 Book Donation Drive, and invites anyone who is interested in donating either new or used children’s storybooks or chapter books for children in grades Pre-K – 6 and written in English, to send their book donations to:
Lifeline Foundation, Inc.
Attn: Terence & Sharon Biggs
301 North Harrison Street, Suite 35
Princeton, NJ 08540-3512
Book Donation Deadline: October 30, 2009 «««Donations may be sent between August 21 to October 30«««
Examples of possible authors and book series anyone donating books for the 2009 Book Drive may consider are: Dr. Seuss, Ezra Jack Keats, Tomie dePaola, Bill Cosby, E.L. Konigsburg, Roald Dahl, Margaret Wise Brown, Arnold Lobel, Eric Carle, Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein, Mary Hollingsworth, Mary Pope Osborne, Louis Sachar, Julia Alvarez, any of the “An I Can Read Book Series,” any of the “Dell Yearling Book Series,” The Magic Tree House Series Books, Scholastic Series Books, etc.
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 24, 2009: Terence H. Biggs, Jr., an entrepreneur, his wife, Sharon M. Biggs, recipient of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation 2009 Principal Fellowship Grant, and their daughter, Danielle M. Biggs; are proud to announce the establishment of Lifeline Foundation, Inc. as a 501 (c) (3) organization.
Lifeline Foundation, Inc., headquartered in Central New Jersey, is the umbrella charitable organization for LifelineExtensions.blog, the New Jersey & Panamá Lifeline Literacy Connection, the Clifford & Ivy Greaves Children’s Libraries; and other charitable and educational endeavors designed to improve the quality of life and literacy development of children in poor communities in Panamá and in other impoverished locations around the world. Clifford and Ivy Greaves were Terence’s maternal grandparents, who raised Terence and his two sisters for several years while their mother, Norma Biggs, traveled to the United States to establish a home in the U.S. before sending for her children.
“501(c)(3) exemptions apply to corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational purposes, to foster national or international amateur sports competition, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.” (Wikipedia)
Sharon’s Dodge/FEA Principal’s Grant funded the cost of her trip to Panamá, Central America in June 2009, and local media interviewed Sharon after the trip and provided media coverage about the experience. LifelineExtensions.blog has also posted two articles about the Lifeline Literacy Connection.
As part of the written proposal Sharon submitted to Dodge/FEA when applying for the fellowship grant, the trip was designed to honor Terence, born in Cativá, Panamá, and whom Sharon describes as “someone who has selflessly extended lifelines to help so many people, including me, throughout the years.” Funds from the grant also allowed for the purchase of 110 children’s books written in English, which were donated to a needy school in Farallón, Panamá that houses approximately 170 children from age three through age twelve.
The book donation was the first of its kind at La Escuela Farallón, where all instruction is delivered in Spanish; except for one day per week when a specialist visits the school for a portion of the day to teach limited English. None of the students or staff members spoke English during The Biggs’ trip to La Escuela. In honor of Terence’s grandfather and grandmother, who are both deceased; The Biggs have committed to establishing libraries in schools located in poor communities in Panamá and in other places around the world.
In an attempt to mobilize efforts to improve Bilingual Education and ESL Instruction at La Escuela Farallón, Sharon donated the initial 110 books along with professional development materials to be used for Guided Reading and Writing balanced literacy instruction at the school. After returning to the U.S. from the Dodge/FEA Grant trip, Sharon began organizing a 2009 Book Donation Drive to collect 1,000 children’s storybooks and chapter books written in English to send to La Escuela Farallón to help develop the first Clifford & Ivy Greaves Children’s Library at La Escuela Farallón. Sharon, the Co-Founder of Lifeline Foundation, Inc. will serve as the Foundation’s President.
Donation Drive invitation letters were sent out and favorable responses started pouring in immediately, with some book donations already being sent to Lifeline Foundation, Inc. Following the model of successful and ongoing charity and philanthropy demonstrated by The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The Dodge/FEA Foundation under the leadership of Mary Reece; and efforts under the leadership of its Chairman, Frederick W. Smith of Federal Express, the Biggs have reached out to Federal Express to find out if the company will grant funding to sponsor the book collection shipment to La Escuela Farallón in early November 2009. The Biggs expressed wanting a sense of “shipment security” Federal Express offers to its clients as a guaranteed commitment to quality service.
LifelineExtensions.blog is the division of Lifeline Foundation, Inc. responsible for coordinating the 2009 Book Donation Drive, and invites anyone who is interested in donating either new or used children’s storybooks or chapter books for children in grades Pre-K – 6 and written in English, to send their book donations to:
Lifeline Foundation, Inc.
Attn: Terence & Sharon Biggs
301 North Harrison Street, Suite 35
Princeton, NJ 08540-3512
Book Donation Deadline: October 30, 2009 «««Donations may be sent between August 21 to October 30«««
FOR MONETARY DONATIONS, PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO:
Lifeline Foundation, Inc.
Examples of possible authors and book series anyone donating books for the 2009 Book Drive may consider are: Dr. Seuss, Ezra Jack Keats, Tomie dePaola, Bill Cosby, E.L. Konigsburg, Roald Dahl, Margaret Wise Brown, Arnold Lobel, Eric Carle, Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein, Mary Hollingsworth, Mary Pope Osborne, Louis Sachar, Julia Alvarez, any of the “An I Can Read Book Series,” any of the “Dell Yearling Book Series,” The Magic Tree House Series Books, Scholastic Series Books, etc.
In addition to Lifeline Foundation, Inc.’s 2009 Book Drive initiative, on August 20th the organization, which was established on August 19; provided its first charitable contribution to the family of Keith Calhoun, a 14 year old who was shot and killed in Newark, New Jersey this month.
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Sharon M. Biggs, M.A.
Educational Leader & Consultant
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