Spread the Día Word with these sample messages

April 1, 2011

Dear Friends,

It's April! Time to continue SPREADing THE DÍA WORD. You've been sending your creative Día 15th Anniversary messages, blog and Facebook posts, Tweets, etc. -- keep it up! Challenge your colleagues, students, friends, and family to keep the Web momentum going.

I'll be tweeting the Díapalooza blog posts throughout April. Are you a Twitter user?

Here's a sample message including the Twitter hashtag for Día:

Love kids? Want to share bookjoy? Celebrate Día's 15th Anniv this April @ home, school, library. Kids & books, niños y libros! #dia11alsc

Here's a sample message to use elsewhere:

Subject line: Spread the Día Word

Join the Día Celebration! This April, in communities all over the country, the family literacy initiative El día de los niños / El día de los libros, Children's Day / Book Day (Día) celebrates its 15^th Anniversary. Support Día celebrations in your area by:

donating books,
offering financial support,
volunteering,
sharing this message about Día with your local libraries and schools

From Laurina Cashin, blog manager

If you'd like to have your Día celebration featured on Pat's blog during our April Díapalooza, please describe your Día event in 150 words or less. We welcome a visual or two (jpegs only, please) of your team, location, or a past Día literacy-related event. You can also choose to post a Día message as a comment on Pat's blog.

We may not be able to post all that we receive, but we'll certainly try. We appreciate your cooperation and enthusiasm. Happy Día to all!

Pat's blog is Share Bookjoy! (http://sharebookjoy.blogspot.com/) Send all blog posts to Laurina Cashin, lcashin (at)welovechildrensbooks(dot)com.

Name and email:

Library, School, Organization :

Dia Event Description (150 words or less):

Photo description if attached:

Here's a one-page Día fact sheet you can download: http://www.patmora.com/Dia_FAQ.pdf

Thanks to each of you! Día depends on all of us.

Pat Mora