March News from The Scrap Kins!

Scrap Kins Stationery at Rite Aid - Back to School 2009 If you live in the Northeast it's still chilly but Spring is on its way and we're warming up with lots of exciting news to share! Keep Scrappin', Brian Yanish Creator of The Scrap Kins brian@thescrapkins.com It's official! Starting this fall, you'll find Scrap Kins pocket folders and spiral themebooks in Rite Aid stores. We're really excited to have our line of recycled paper stationery available nationwide. Our folders feature "Green Tips" on the back and our themebooks have recycled craft projects on the back cover! As you shop for school supplies this fall, go green with The Scrap Kins. The 2009 "Scrap-Tivity" Tour Kicks Off! The Scrap Kins are headed out on the road to teach kids their special brand of recycled creativity. To start the 2009 "Scrap-Tivity" Tour, The Scrap Kins will visit several schools in Los Angeles and NJ. The tour kicked off on March 6th at Columbus Elementary in Lodi, NJ as part of "Read Across America Day." We read a preview of an upcoming Scrap Kins story to a lucky class of 5th Graders and held a workshop to make Scrap Kin bookmarks from used cereal boxes. I felt like a real celebrity when several kids asked me to autograph the leftover cereal boxes. Thanks guys! The Scrap Kins plan to visit schools and other events throughout 2009. Want us to visit your school? Email us! 5th Graders at Columbus Elementary in Lodi, NJ Digger's "Page Peeker" Bookmark Project of the Month: Digger's "Page Peeker" Bookmark Digger loves books. He reads them and then buries them in holes. It's kind of like his "dirt-library." In honor of "Read Across America Day" this month our Scrap Kin's recycled craft project is Digger's "Page-Peeker" Bookmark. All you need is a cereal box, scissors, a pencil, markers, crayons or paints and your creativity. You'll design your own Scrap Kin to "Peek" over the page and mark the place in your favorite book! Click here to print out the plans. It's FREE! Spreading the Green Message "Social Networking for Global Change" The Scrap Kins like to network. On March 10th we we're invited to give our "2 Minute Pitch" at New York City's Green Drinks, a networking event for folks interested in environmental issues. There are Green Drinks held monthly in 456 cities worlwide. The NYC Chapter was started in 2002 by Margaret Lydecker, a long-time sustainability advisor. Our point: Of all the wonderful "Green" initiatives being championed today there aren't too many aimed specifically at kids. Kids are the ones who will be dealing with our environmental successes in the future but more importantly our failures. If we can get them excited and interested in environmental issues at an early age perhaps we really can affect positive global change. Pitching at Green Drinks NYC Scrap Kin Organic Tees, Shoes & Stickers Available Online Need some Scrap Kins gear before it hits stores? Order a limited edition organic tee for a birthday present or be the only kid in school sporting Scrap Kins slip-ons. Available at The Scrap Kins online store! 390 Union Street, Suite 3 | Brooklyn, NY 11231 brian@thescrapkins.com | scrapkins.com | (917) 941-7431