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Book Drive
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SpotlightRichmond.com, Books Are Fun & Chick-fil-A™ invite you to…
Share the Magic of Reading with Every Child in Richmond
Don’t miss our first Online Book Drive for the Richmond Region Book Bank
New Books at Discounted Prices
I am sure that many of you have been involved in a book drive; either for the Richmond Region Book Bank or a specific school or charity. There is something magical about a book; especially a brand new book. Every child needs to learn the value of reading and there’s no better way to make that happen than to give them their own book to keep and share with their family.
Since 2001, the Richmond Region Book Bank has distributed over 145,000 children’s books to over 200 different service providers in the Richmond region. Success by 6 provides management and oversight of the book bank; the Richmond Public Library provides storage space; local businesses provide books and funding; and service providers distribute books to families with children at risk of not reading at grade level. The Book Bank will distribute the books you purchase, as needed, or you can designate that they be donated to a specific group, school or classroom.
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•Make your selections and payment right on the site
•Or print out the order form and mail your check to:
SpotlightRichmond P. O. Box 70982, Richmond, VA 23255.
• All books will be delivered to the Richmond Region Book Bank and
all participants will receive a Free Chick-fil-A™ coupon ! Click Here to register for the coupon.
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Does your donation make a difference? Read what people are saying!
Free Books
Books Are Fun will be donating Free Books
(based on 10% of the total sales)
FREE BOOKS! We invite you to join us in making the magic happen for every child in the Richmond Region. It’s fun, easy, affordable and so important – we hope EVERYONE will participate.
So please help us get the word out and earn a lot of free books! Together, we can make the magic happen and get a new book into the hands of every student in Richmond that is at risk of not reading on grade level.
Here is a sample email message you might want to send to your friends and family, church members, co-workers and more. We also have free bookmarks available announcing the Online Book Drive.
Please submit any other ideas you may have to: info@SpotlightRichmond.com Thank You, again!
Suggested Ideas:
•Create a banner for company and personal websites. (We've done that- please request)
• Corporate Match- companies match employee purchases (all or in part)
Special Announcements:
As we shared our plans for this book drive, we had a very good response to the quality and prices of the books we were offering. Many people asked how they could purchase some of these books for their own children. Others wanted to know if quantity orders could be placed. Here are some options:
Shop online at: www.BooksAreFun.com/go/crawm1.
· Books Are Fun is often a good source for companies buying books for literacy events, literacy groups, businesses, churches, etc. If you have questions about this, please call Mike Crawford at 564-8291 or Michael_Crawford@BooksAreFun.com.
Books have been purchased as sales and incentive gifts, special celebrations (Nurse’s Appreciation Week), and much more.
Many thanks…
•We thank you for participating in our Online Book Drive and for helping us to announce this special event.
• We thank Mike & Meagan Crawford, our local corporate Books Are Fun and Bath & Beauty Collection representatives for their ongoing support and for all of the money they have donated to literacy and other local charities in our community.
• We thank Jody Wetherill and all of the Chick-fil-A™ store owners for their support and their participation in this Book Drive. We especially thank them for all the support they give to our children and other charitable organizations in town and beyond. Watch for details about their fabulous Dodgeball Tournament that is happening on Oct. 27, 2007!
•We thank the Richmond Region Book Bank, Read Aloud Virginia and all of the literacy groups and their supporters who are making such a difference in the lives of children and families in our community.
•We thank the Chamber of Commerce and all the businesses and charitable organizations that have helped us promote this event.
•The Richmond Region Book Bank and the community are grateful to the companies that have sponsored book drives and the service providers who distributed are encouraging reading by distributing books to the families they serve. Here is a partial list. If you have done a book drive, please let us know: info@SpotlightRichmond.com.
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Words of Encouragement
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Just For Laughs
I was about five years old when I was standing on my tiptoes to get a drink from the water fountain at church. It was between Sunday school and worship service, so the hallway was filled with folks heading to the sanctuary and others slipping out the side door for their cars. As I drank down the cool water, I could hear two gray haired, been-around-for-years saints of the church whispering to one another as they slipped in line behind me. One patted me gently on the back of the head and said to her friend, “This is one of our preacher’s daughters. She’s not very p-r-e-t-t-y.”
I turned around and in a matter-of-fact way answered, “No. But I’m real s-m-a-r-t!”
—Chonda Pierce
Second Row, Piano Side
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