Twining wins national Scholastic sweepstakes Published April 9, 2010 By Diane Leake Grand Forks Schools GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Diane Leake, a teacher at Nathan Twining School here, and her fifth grade class, learned they won the "Care Where You Are" national sweepstakes sponsored by Scholastic Book Clubs, April 8. The school's prize consisted of 500 books to be donated to schools and charities of the winner's choosing. The prizewinners were participants in Scholastic Book Clubs' ClassroomsCare program. The program is a philanthropic literacy initiative that encourages reading by asking classrooms across the country to read 100 books, and in turn, Scholastic Book Clubs will donate up to one million books to kids in need. The students and their teacher chose to donate the books that were won to Emerado Schools, Altru Hospital Pediatric Reach Out and Read and the base youth center. "My students and I were so excited when we found out we won this sweepstakes," said Ms. Leake. "We love ClassroomsCare, and it's even better that we were able to donate the books we won to local children." Classrooms participating in ClassroomsCare, keep track of books read on posters and online, and then tell Scholastic when they've finished. Any books kids read in the classroom, with their parents or on their own count toward the goal. Teachers also use lesson plans and activities available at Scholastic Book Clubs online to incorporate this program into their curriculum. "The 'Care Where You Are' Sweepstakes is a very important part of ClassroomsCare because kids really see what they've accomplished," said Judy Newman, President of Scholastic Book Clubs. "The ClassroomsCare program has been enormously successful in distributing more than nine million books since 2001 to kids in need through national organizations such as Reach Out and Read and Save the Children." For more information, visit Scholastic on the web at online media room.