1.  Sign up to be a participating school. You will be assigned a school in need.

2.  Hold a fundraiser to purchase new books for students.

3.  Send books in January, February, or March as a part of our Iditarod Books to the Trail project.

View a PDF Project Document to learn more about the project.

*Most of our books go to schools in Alaska.  If you are a school ‘elsewhere’ and in need of new books or school materials and supplies, please let us know so that you can be placed on our list for future book distribution.

*Most participating schools create a scrapbook of their school, community, and state to send to ‘their school’.  Sometimes the participating school sends other school supplies, too.  (Colorful, fun pencils, small notebooks, markers, crayons, stickers, or other necessary school items.)

*Most participating schools take book orders during their fundraiser and have the books sent to ‘their school’ directly from the book company.  Some schools collect the actual books and have them shipped to ‘their school’.  This project can be designed in a way that best meets the participating school’s needs.   All projects result in new books to students who need them and appreciate receiving the books.

To participate or ask other questions, send an email.

Learn about Books to the Trail Usborne Books Online, a resource for your fund raising efforts. Contact Alyssa Truman for details.  (Alyssa’s contact information is on the link)

After reading Woodsong where Paulsen describes his adventures training for
and running the 1983 Iditarod, and studying more about the race on
Iditarod.com, O’Rourke’s seventh graders wanted to help out. The initial
idea came from O’Rourke seventh grader Wyatt Sawyer who asked his teacher
if the class could sponsor a musher. Other students were immediately
interested, and since Gary Paulsen was on the list of registered mushers
for 2009, they wanted to support him in any way possible.

Diane Johnson, education coordinator of the Iditarod, told O’Rourke that
Paulsen would rather that any donations to support him be sent to schools
along the Iditarod trail in the form of books. O’Rourke students loved
this idea, especially knowing that they would be able to share their own
wonderful Woodsong experience with other students, and support Paulsen at
the same time. They are thrilled to be making a big difference in a
small way.

More to come….

To get involved with a service learning project such as Books to the Trail, (PDF Document) click here!