Tipping Points

Here's a great way to enter a cool contest and make a little bit of a difference at the same time. Stephanie Kuehnert (author of I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone and Ballads of Suburbia) is offering up an ARC of Ballads, her upcoming novel. What do you have to do? Just go to this website and vote for Tipping Points, an awesome company that was started by her cousin.

Here's the description of what Tipping Points does: Greg Lowe (Greater Philadelphia-Camden Corps ’05) is the founder of Tipping Points Test Prep, an organization that provides high-quality, low-cost tutoring and test preparation services to at-risk, underprivileged youth to help them access college and higher education opportunities. Compared to for-profit models like Kaplan, Greg’s approach will only charge $50 per student for a 12-week tutoring course, but still attract high-quality tutors by paying them at the same rate as Tipping Points’ for-profit competitors. By helping erase part of the resource gap between low-income youth and their more affluent peers, Tipping Points hopes to play a role in closing the achievement gap.

Once you've voted, head over to Stephanie Kuenhert's blog to enter the contest for Ballads!