COST: FREE!
Thanks to our sponsors, The Seattle Times has an ongoing newspaper sponsorship program, where classroom newspapers are paid for by our vacationing subscribers and corporate sponsors. If you are eligible for this program in our four-county delivery area, you will receive newspaper delivery in your classroom at no cost, on a first-come, first-served basis.
School orders placed outside of the Newspapers In Education (NIE) sponsorship program will be charged a reduced price that equals approximately 25 percent of the home-delivery subscription cost. In exchange for these sponsored newspapers, you are required to submit a signed delivery receipt at the end of your scheduled delivery date, attesting to the fact that you have received these newspapers as scheduled.
Funding
What are funded newspapers?
The demand for NIE newspapers has been tremendous. The main source of funding for sponsored newspapers is the Vacation Donation Program, wherein a subscriber opts to give as a gift to NIE any credit due for vacation stops. These amounts are usually small to the subscriber, but when multiplied by many subscribers, it becomes significant enough to provide newspapers for most of the classroom requests.
We partner with businesses or individuals in a number of ways to provide newspapers as well. Companies may sponsor an entire program, adopt schools/classrooms, or make monetary contributions to The Seattle Times Literacy Fund through The Seattle Foundation. Any donations made through the Foundation are tax-deductible. To help support our community NIE programs, The Seattle Times contributes more than $500,000 per year in costs.
The NIE program has developed several partnerships with local and national corporations — from banks to professional sports teams — to bring additional newspapers into local classrooms. Corporate sponsors' logos are always included in the teacher promotional materials and advertising.
You can put your firm in the company of many fine businesses that have contributed to this worthy cause. Contact us at nie@seattletimes.com for further information on this program.
Other forms of support:
Please show your support by shopping online in The Literacy Fund-Seattle Foundation shopping village at:
greatergood.com/partner/nie
Up to 15 percent of each purchase will be donated to support education in the community.
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