First Book - Brooklyn Announces Holiday Party to Celebrate Literacy for Children In Need

Nov. 4, 2011 - PRLog -- (Brooklyn, New York) — First Book – Brooklyn (www.firstbook.org/brooklyn), announces its first annual holiday party which will be held on Monday night, December 5th, 2011, from 7:00 – 9:00pm at the Galapagos Art Space located at 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201 in the DUMBO neighborhood.  The theme for this year’s party is “The Best of Brooklyn” and the event will provide an evening to celebrate supporting literacy in our community.

Donations from companies and businesses representing “The Best of Brooklyn” will be featured during a raffle and also an auction during the event. Nintendo of America, Green Mountain Coffee, Callaway Golf, Atlantis Resorts, Broadway Comedy Club and others have already stepped up to support this special event.

First Book – Brooklyn welcomes donations of products and services for its event from the Brooklyn business community to help raise funds to provide brand new books for children in need in our community. Reading is core to a child’s ability to succeed in school.

"We are excited to raise awareness of the importance of children's literacy in Brooklyn and to facilitate such an outpouring of support from the community for our kids in need. Books really do make a difference for them. Thank you!" say Michele R. Wells and Jennifer S. Wilkov, co-founders of the First Book - Brooklyn chapter organization.

For more information about making a donation, please email brooklyn@firstbook.org or call (917) 727-8434.

Featured entertainment and special guests announcements will be made shortly. Tickets to attend the holiday party charity event will go on sale on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, and will require a donation of $25 pre-purchased online or $30 cash at the door the night of the event. A special ticket purchase of 2-for-1 will be provided for educators and librarians who would like to attend. Please refer to the First Brooklyn – Brooklyn Twitter feed @FirstBookBklyn (http://www.twitter.com/FirstBookBklyn) and Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/firstbookbrooklyn for the link to purchase tickets.

First Book - Brooklyn Chapter Co-Founders Michele R. Wells and Jennifer S. Wilkov are available for interviews. Contact Ruth Morrison at (646) 303-4770 or Jennifer Wilkov at (917) 727-8434 for bookings.

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About First Book - Brooklyn

First Book – Brooklyn is part of First Book’s national network of volunteer-led Advisory Boards who provide new books to children in need in communities across the country. Comprised of volunteers from all sectors of the community, First Book - Brooklyn works to promote and facilitate the distribution of new books to children through literacy programs in the Brooklyn area. For more information or to get involved with First Book - Brooklyn, please contact First Book – Brooklyn at: brooklyn@firstbook.org.

About First Book
First Book provides new books to children in need, addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy—access to books. An innovative leader in social enterprise, First Book has distributed more than 80 million free & low cost books in thousands of communities. First Book now has offices in the U.S. & Canada. For more information about the nonprofit First Book, please visit http://www.firstbook.org.