CIPA Education and Literacy Foundation
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News: Guided Autobiography Workshops registration now open!
Have you ever wanted to write your life story but don't know where to start? Our four-week Guided Autobiography Workshops can help! Check our Senior Storytelling page for more information on the workshops, the first of which begins on Monday, August 5, at 1:00 pm MDT. Also keep an eye on CIPA ELF's Facebook page for updates, or you can click the button below to register for the workshop.
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ABOUT THE CIPA EDUCATION AND LITERACY FOUNDATION
The CIPA Education and Literacy Foundation (CIPA ELF) is a tax-exempt public charity, the purpose of which is to facilitate and support child and adult literacy and education through the resources of independent publishing. For contributions of books, school supplies, or other in-kind donations please email CIPA ELF at admin@cipaelf.org for further information.
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CIPA Education and Literacy Foundation is a Colorado nonprofit corporation (ID 20051390583) and is a tax exempt public charity pursuant to the provisions of IRC 501(c)(3). Contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law. CIPA Education and Literacy Foundation is a Charitable Organization registered by the Colorado Secretary of State to solicit contributions as required by the Colorado Charitable Solicitation Act. (Reg. No. 2009300867).
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Please also visit the website for our partner organization, the Colorado Independent Publishers Association.
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CIPA ELF is now accepting applications for Classroom Literacy Support Grants! Click the button below to download an application, or see the CLS page for more details.
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Follow this link for information about the 2024 CIPA EVVY Awards!
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If you would like to donate to CIPA ELF, please click on the PayPal button below:
The Book Benefit Program (BBP) accepts books from various donors and provides the books to other 501(c)(3) and publicly funded organizations. The organizations are selected based on need and verification that the books will be used to further the educational, literacy, and community awareness purposes of CIPA ELF.
To further foster its education, literacy, and education purposes, CIPA ELF offers senior citizens the opportunity to preserve historical individual life experiences. An adjunct to the CIPA Memoir Program, this program is designed specifically to assist those senior citizens who do not have the ability and/or resources to write and preserve memoirs and experiences that have historical significance.
The CIPA EVVYs, having run for nearly thirty years, is one of the longest-running book award competitions on the independent publishing scene. The annual contest is sponsored by the CIPA Education and Literacy Foundation (ELF) and the Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA).
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Do you want to donate your time and energy to CIPA ELF? Have in mind a worthy program or event for which you'd like to request books from CIPA ELF's inventory? Do you have books you'd like to donate for redistribution?
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We'd love to hear about it!
The Young Authors League (YAL) sponsors projects that emphasize literacy skills for elementary and middle school children. Past projects have included writing competitions, author visits to participating schools and providing schools with much needed, but unavailable, educational and literacy supplies such as pencils, art supplies, writing paper, etc.