(image credit: First Book Web Site)
Excitement is mounting – don’t forget the Edible Books Festival Thursday, April 1, 2010. In addition to the wonderful display of culinary creations, stop by between 1:00 and 3:30 and meet with representatives from Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Decorate a book plate for the first book program!
Pi Beta Phi’s commitment to literacy dates back for almost 100 years. To support literacy efforts, Pi Phi partners with First Book, an organization which provides underprivileged children with their first book. For each book plate decorated, First Book will donate one book to a child. Pi Phi also has a Links to Literacy program, in which individual chapters work with local literacy programs in their area. Champions are Readers (CAR) is a program which is meant to work in conjunction with the reading programs of elementary schools to improve reading and writing skills and to foster a lifelong love of reading.
Collins Library is proud to partner with this student group.
Links to learn more about First Book and Literacy programs: