TONIGHT!
Today being December 17th marks Day 17 for Project Give-A-Book, a very special day including our Holiday Bookstore Event tonight with Nathan Lyon!
Nathan has been generous enough to support Project Give-A-Book and conduct a signing and reading of his new children’s book Sam The Clam at Apostrophe Books from 7-9pm. Apostrophe Books is located at 4712 E. 2nd St., Long Beach, CA 90803.
Join Miss Long Beach 2011, Nathan Lyon, and friends for this very special event. There will be cookies, cider and candy canes as refreshments for attendees.
Pictures from this event will be available in the next few days, as well as an announcement regarding how many books we have been able to collect thus far. Before the event we have a total of 32 books; let’s see if we can reach our goal of 100 books by the end of the night!
A very special thanks to the Press Telegram, Signal Tribune and Grunion Gazette for featuring Project Give-A-Book, as well as KCRW and OCWeekly blogs. All press will be uploaded to this website for viewing in the coming days.
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Day 15
Project Give-A-Book is on a serious countdown with just 2 days until our special holiday event on Friday at Apostrophe Books, and 6 more days until our giving events at Miller Children’s Hospital and Lydia House. So exciting!
We have officially collected 38 books total and need 62 more books to reach our goal of 100 books by December 21st. A very special thank you for your continued support!
Today’s Featured Book: The 12 Days Of Christmas by Robert Sabuda
This special holiday book is a pop-up celebration of a favorite tale. Children love pop-up books, making this particular book a great candidate for donation to Project Give-A-Book. You can purchase this book at Apostrophe Books in Belmont Shore.
TV CHEF & AUTHOR NATHAN LYON AS SPECIAL GUEST!
MISS LONG BEACH 2011 HOSTS “PROJECT GIVE-A-BOOK” HOLIDAY BOOK DRIVE IN LONG BEACH ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17 WITH SPECIAL GUEST, CHEF AND CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHOR NATHAN LYON
Free Family Holiday Event at Apostrophe Books will help Miss Long Beach’s new giving project put books in the hands of children in need
Long Beach, CA…Meet Miss Long Beach 2011 at her special public event featuring TV chef and just-published children’s book author Nathan Lyon and take home a signed copy of his new book, Sam The Clam at an in-store reading and book signing at Apostrophe Books in Long Beach on Friday, December 17th from 7 to 9pm.
This event marks the third week of Project Give-A-Book, an initiative created by Monique Villa, Miss Long Beach 2011.
Just in time for this year’s holiday season, Project Give-A-Book is a community giving initiative bringing new books to local children in need. Children’s books purchased on behalf of Project Give-A-Book during this event will receive a 10% discount. Light refreshments will be served.
Author Nathan Lyon is supporting Miss Long Beach’s “Project Give-A-Book” by reading from and autographing copies of Sam the Clam, a story that teaches children how fear and life’s challenges can be overcome with patience, friendship and helping others.
Chef Nathan Lyon is known to viewers across the country for his simple, innovative cuisine featuring fresh, local ingredients. Among the final four contestants on the second season of The Next Food Network Star, he is the creator and host of A Lyon in the Kitchen (Discovery Health and Fit TV), chef and co-host on Growing A Greener World (PBS), and appears as a guest chef/expert on Home Made Simple (TLC) and Real Simple Real Life (TLC).
A stained glass artist and a trained EMT, Nathan holds a BS in Health Science from James Madison University as well as a Culinary Arts Degree from Le Cordon Bleu. He has cooked for the Inspector General, many non-profit organizations, and has worked with local growers in California farmers markets for over a decade. Blending grassroots and gourmet, Nathan believes great meals make great neighbors.
Apostrophe Books is located at 4712 E. 2nd St. in Long Beach, California. Street parking available. This event is open to the public.
Please direct all inquiries to ProjectGiveABook@gmail.com
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Day 8
Very special news coming soon from Project Give-A-Book. Keep the night of Friday, December 17th open and stay tuned.
Today’s Featured Book: How The Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
From beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss, How The Grinch Stole Christmas! is on the top ten suggested list for Project Give-A-Book, available for purchase at Apostrophe Books in Belmont Shore. Mention Project Give-A-Book and receive 10% off when purchasing this title for addition to the Project Give-A-Book donation box.
Day 7
Project Give-A-Book has seen a successful first week! A very special thanks to Ralph Millero, The Meleony Family and Monica Villa for submitting Project Give-A-Book’s very first book donations.
This past weekend we confirmed a second giving opportunity through Lydia House in Downtown Long Beach. We will be visiting this women and children’s shelter after our giving event at Miller Children’s Hospital. Looking forward to reading books and seeing the artwork of the many child recipients!
Please follow Project Give-A-Book on Twitter, join our Facebook Community Page, and RSVP to this year’s Facebook event page and ask your friends to do the same!
Today’s Featured Book: The Night Before Christmas by Peter Paul & Mary
This is a very special edition of a classic as it includes a CD recording of the legendary Peter Paul & Mary folk group singing the story. The vibrant illustrations and music make for a very unique and special rendition of an all-time favorite Christmas tale.
Please visit Apostrophe Books to purchase this book at 10% off and add it to the Project Give-A-Book donation box located in their store.
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Day 3
To say the least, today was big. Here are the updates:
+OFFICIAL DROP-OFF LOCATION: APOSTROPHE BOOKS
4712 E. 2nd St.
Long Beach, CA 90803
(562) 438-7950
Apostrophe Books is extending a 10% Discount to all children’s books purchased for Project Give-A-Book! This applies to already discounted books, as well, so you will receive an additional 10% discount on top of any markdowns. The owners are making sure to have all suggested titles available for shoppers and Project Give-A-Book supporters.
+Social Network Update - Our “Project Give-A-Book: Holiday Edition” event page has 45 confirmed participants and 36 potential supporters. Given this is our third day, the response has been incredible.
+Samuel Lippke Studios will be collecting books at their annual Christmas party! Project Give-A-Book looks forward to their submissions, so a special Thank You to SL Studios for the support.
Today’s Featured Book: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Make sure to visit Apostrophe Books for 10% off The Polar Express for donating a copy to Project Give-A-Book. This has been a favorite book for children of all ages and will be in high demand by our child recipients.
Day 2
Nearly 24 hours have past since Project Give-A-Book’s launch. In addition to the massive response we experienced within the first few hours, the following has since taken place:
+Miller Children’s Hospital confirmed participation as a Giving Partner, opening their doors to Project Give-A-Book on December 21st. Five of us will be distributing the books to children battling cancer and other medical conditions, confined to the hospital (some to their beds) during this holiday season. We will be reading them stories and helping them design their very own artistic rendition of the Project Give-A-Book emblem.
+Miss Long Beach 2007 has confirmed she will be in attendance for this project, accompanying Miss Long Beach 2011 and others.
+A total of 36 people have confirmed they will participate in giving new books, along with 21 others who will potentially contribute. (Via our Facebook Event Page)
Overall, Project Give-A-Book is already a success. To place a new book into the hands of just one child would have made this project well worth it; if we continue at this rate, we will be able to give more than 100 books this holiday season.
If you are interested in contributing, feel free to contact us at ProjectGiveABook@gmail.com.
Today’s Featured Book: Sam The Clam by Nathan W. Lyon (Author and TV Chef)
Available for purchase on Authorhouse.com: “Overview: “Sam The Clam” is an adventure-filled story of a young clam who gets lost after being swept away from his home by a powerful storm. Traveling through the big underworld of the sea in his quest to return to his family, Sam finds himself exploring new, and exciting places, plus, making some new friends along the way. Colored with vivid twists and turns, Sam The Clam shows us how fear and life’s challenges can be overcome with patience, friendship, and helping others.”
**A special thanks to Sarah Spitz of 89.9 KCRW for the fantastic book recommendation.
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December 1st: Day 1
Today (actually, this evening) marks the very beginning of Project Give-A-Book. Our first project is entitled “Project Give-A-Book: Holiday Edition” and is aiming to raise 100 New Children’s Books by the 24th of December.
So far Project Give-A-Book has a community page on Facebook, an event page on Facebook, a twitter account, an email address (ProjectGiveABook@gmail.com), a temporary logo, a registered domain name (which will be up and running within 72 hours), and supporters with books on the way. The response is overwhelming, given Project Give-A-Book has been public for roughly two hours.
What does this all mean?
Yes, I am aiming to raise 100 books by Christmas Eve. However, Project Give-A-Book is intended to be a much larger project in the coming years. If we can place new books into the hands of children living in poverty and/or suffering from medical conditions this Christmas, there is no reason why we cannot continue doing so in a much larger scale every Christmas from here on out. If Long Beach can do this, why can’t other communities?
The response we have already experienced is tremendous - let’s keep this momentum as we move forward. There are 24 days until Christmas; today is Day 1.
Today’s Featured Book: Corduroy by Dan Freeman
(Purchase online or at your local bookstore)
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Project Give-A-Book: Holiday Edition →
This is the Facebook Event page for this year’s Project Give-A-Book giving initiative. Our goal? Raise 100 New Children’s Books by Christmas Eve.
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