Plan Your Reading Challenge
Crack open a new challenge! Start following some of our tips below.
Write a goal:Â
Choose a specific quantifiable goal. Choose a number of pages or a number of novels that you will read in a set period of time and aim to raise a set amount of money per page or book. If your book is 500 pages long aim to set a goal of $500 – the equivalent of providing a family with a ShelterBox tent after a disaster!
Open a fundraising page:Â
Create your own fundraising page to share with your supporters. It’s yours to personalize with photos, messages and updates. This is also where all of your supporters can pledge towards your goal! Don’t forget to email your circle to let them know about your new page! Check out a sample template here.
Draft a team:
We are all stronger together. If you’re part of a book club, get the whole group involved and work together to reach a goal. Not part of a group yet? Join our Book Club to have a group of other avid readers cheer you on!
Write all over your Social Media:
Share your challenge and progress all over your social media! Include your fundraising link in your social media bios to take inspired supporters directly to your fundraising page to contribute to your goal. Go one step further and challenge 5 of your friends using our social media challenge template here: Graphic or Animated. Don’t forget to tag us @ShelterBoxCanada!
Nervous about getting started? Check out some of our fundraising tips here.
Starting your challenge is simple and we are always here to help!
Join Our Book Club
Reading is more fun as a group. ShelterBox Book Club is a community of people who all share the love of a quality read.
Each month, ShelterBox teams carefully select a compelling story from around the world for book club members to read. You’ll receive an email with information on this month’s book, plus a link to purchase the book or buy a downloadable audio copy!
You can join the ShelterBox Book Club community on Facebook for interactive discussion, Q&A with authors, highlights from response team members and more! Read along at your own pace and join the discussion online (but no spoilers!)
With every story you read, you’ll be transforming the lives of disaster-hit families.
The Book Shelf
Try some of our book club selections in your reading challenge
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
William Kamkwamba
William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger, and a place where hope and opportunity were hard to find. But William had read about windmills in a book called Using Energy, and he dreamed of building one that would bring electricity and water to his village and change his life and the lives of those around him.
Call Me American
Abdi Nor Iftin
Abdi Nor Iftin grew up amidst a blend of cultures, far from the United States. At home in Somalia, the threat of civil war reached Abdi’s doorstep, his family was forced to flee to safety. Through the turbulent years of war, young Abdi found solace in popular American music and films. Abdi shares every part of his journey, and his courageous account reminds readers that everyone deserves the chance to build a brighter future for themselves.
Daughters of Smoke and Fire
Ava Homa
The unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman’s perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother, in the first novel published in English by a female Kurdish writer. Set in Iran, this extraordinary debut novel takes readers into the everyday lives of the Kurds.
Homes
Abu Bakr Al-Rabeeah and Winnie Yeung
In 2010, the al Rabeeah family left their home in Iraq in hope of a safer life. They moved to Homs, in Syria — just before the Syrian civil war broke out. Homes is the remarkable true story of how a young boy emerged from a war zone — and found safety in Canada — with a passion for sharing his story and telling the world what is truly happening in Syria.
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