Spread the D�a Word with these sample messages

April 1, 2011

Dear Friends,

It's April! Time to continue SPREADing THE D�A WORD. You've been sending your creative D�a 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 D�apalooza blog posts throughout April. Are you a Twitter user?

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

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

Here's a sample message to use elsewhere:

Subject line: Spread the D�a Word

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

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

From Laurina Cashin, blog manager

If you'd like to have your D�a celebration featured on Pat's blog during our April D�apalooza, please describe your D�a event in 150 words or less. We welcome a visual or two (jpegs only, please) of your team, location, or a past D�a literacy-related event. You can also choose to post a D�a 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 D�a 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 D�a fact sheet you can download: http://www.patmora.com/Dia_FAQ.pdf

Thanks to each of you! D�a depends on all of us.

Pat Mora