In addition to our national efforts, many stores conduct local programs to benefit their communities. We have highlighted some of these events below. You can also search for local events in your area.
National TV Turnoff Week Bookfair Raises Money for Braille Books
 The Livonia, MI, store welcomed more than 150 families from a local school, St. Michael Catholic School, to a celebration of reading and literacy during National TV Turnoff Week.
The store hosted a bookfair to cap off a week of events and activities held by St. Michael Catholic School during and after school to encourage students and their families to turn off their TVs and spend more quality time together. The school partnered with Seedlings Braille Books for Children for the event, a non-profit organization that provides free and low-cost Braille books to families in need. St. Michael Catholic School donated its entire bookfair proceeds back to the organization.
Photo: The school's principal reads from her favorite books.
Celebrating First Books at the Bayside, NY, Store
Having a chance to share your own writing is always intimidating, but for the first grade students of PS 266, it was a piece of cake. Over 45 students read from their original work to an audience of their peers, parents, friends and regular customers at the Bayside, NY, store.
The class’ “publishing party” allowed the children to celebrate writing their own books, in the company of their parents and friends. Each student researched exotic animals and wrote their own book about the animals, covering everything from penguins to snakes! The original stories even motivated some customers to pick up their own books about various animals.
Photo: The students show off their first books. |
