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Dear Literacy Enthusiasts,
Greetings from the busy world of Open Books! We're
celebrating spring by reading with students from Bronzeville to Uptown and
sharing our love of the written word with anyone who dares cross our path!
Here's a quick peek at what we're up to.
This month, 473 students of all ages and backgroundswill
visit Open Books for our Adventures in Creative Writing Field Trips. We will launch Zines and Thieves, our first Wordshop, during which we'll teach
teenagers the art of do-it-yourself publishing. We will continue reading with our 200+ Little Buddies. And
that's just the beginning.
If you're looking for a way to get involved, consider
volunteering, or stock up on your summer reads in our bookstore. Sign up to
participate in ReadOnto blast through the books on your
nightstand, or sponsor a fellow audacious reader. Bring in those old books you
came across in your spring-cleaning. Then, find your favorite bit of grass, curl up with a good book, and
open yourself to the wonders that lie within.
To literacy!
Anna Piepmeyer
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Zines and Thieves Launches With A Bang!
April marks the official beginning of Wordshops
at Open Books. On Saturday
afternoons, Wordshop leader and Senior Literacy Intern Annie joins forces with
a merry crew of local artists and writers to help teens make their own
hand-crafted zines. Young
zinesters flock to our literacy center from as far away as Englewood and W.
Garfield Park. Next month, we'll
highlight some of their work -- get ready to be blown away!
Do you want to
inspire other folks in the community to read and write? Then consider leading a
Wordshop at Open Books! We are still accepting proposals on any literacy- or
literary-themed topic. Learn more and submit yours!
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Join the Open
Books Associate Board for ReadOn 2010!, our first annual read-a-thon to
raise funds for our literacy programming! By signing up as a Reader
and collecting pledges, you'll help us spread the love of reading and
writing
to the 3,000+ children we serve,
including those in our one-on-one Buddies
program in Chicago schools.
WHEN:
May 1-26,
2010
WHO:
Readers of all ages,
around Chicago and across the country! Adults (participants 13 and
older) will
track their progress by pages read and children (participants under age
13)
will track books read.
HOW:
Sign up as a Reader,gather pledges, and read your way to your goal! Don't have time to
participate?
You can sponsor any participating Reader, or one of our participating
Buddies
schools.
PRIZES:
All Readers will be
entered in a raffle. We have special prizes for top fundraisers and
readers,
too!
EVENTS:
Read-ins, book
discussions, author events, and more!
SIGN UP TODAY!
http://www.open-books.org/events/readon2010
Have
questions or want additional information? Contact Stacy Shafer Peterson, ssp@open-books.org312.475.1355 x117 |
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