Looking for a gift for your Valentine this year?  Now through Valentine’s Day, a portion of every 1-800 Flowers Justin Bieber bouquet sold will go to help support the Pencils of Promise movement.
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It’s simple, PoP believes in empowering everyone to participate in the creation of good. EVERYONE. This week, we’re making it happen. How?
If we win the $1MM grand prize in the Chase Giving competition on Facebook this week, we will dedicate at least $100,000 towards projects to support youth in Haiti, and the Top 5 PoP Star Referrers and one PoP superfan will get the choice between VIP Justin Bieber tickets or a free flight to help us build a new school in a country of impact. Every person, with just …

We’d like you to meet Jai. He’s four years old, and he loves him some drawing. And writing. And coloring.
Jai is one of our first students. But he’s about to become one of many. You’ve been asking “How can I help?” It’s simple. Join the movement we’re about to create.

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“This night is really about a growing movement of young people coming together as volunteers to demonstrate that through passion and commitment you can make big things happen” said founder Adam Braun.
“We just won $25,000 on Facebook because each of you clicked a button. There isn’t a single other nonprofit that is more representative of this Facebook generation than Pencils of Promise. Tonight let’s have a good time, because tomorrow we get to start proving it by creating a campaign to win $1M in Round 2 and build 50-100 more …

Using social media, we were able to win $25,000 that will go toward building schools for future PoP students in Laos and Nicaragua. All thanks to you. And now we are eligible for $1MM starting January 15. Let’s go for it.

Our team in Laos recently visited Champet school, just off the Mekong river in Laos. Here’s a look at the school, the situation, what we want to do about it, and how you can help.

One night after leaving the Seeds of Learning facilities recently, I found myself peering over the edge of an active volcanic crater in Nicaragua, sharing gasps of awe with fellow travelers from every corner of the globe. We next ventured through the dark to explore a large cave, normally a place where you would feel as far removed from all familiarities as possible.
As we approached I heard two American accents, which led to a casual conversation with two fellow travelers who told me they worked in advertising. The conversation went …

(From Adam, currently in Nicaragua working on our next partnership)
PoP was founded in October of 2008, with the simple ambition of finding a way to build just a single school. That was it. I was about to turn 25 years old, so I put $25 into a new PoP bank account and we were off. The goal was to throw two small fundraisers with my closest friends in NYC, and turn that multitude of small donations into a school for a community of tremendous need. So one year later, where …