Celebrating 10,000 books

To date, First Book- Mahoning Valley has distributed over 10,000 books to children in the Mahoning Valley. While we would love to stop and celebrate this wonderful achievement, there are countless children in our area who still do not have their own new books at home. Having these books at home to read at their disposal increases test scores, literacy skills, and often inspires children to look forward to futures that they may not see in their immediate environments.

Help us continue to get books into the hands of the children who need them. There are several events you can participate in:

Sat, May 10 at the Youngstown Playhouse
Spring Speed Read with a Frog and Toad production
1:00 pm in the Moyer Room
Registration of $25.00 before April 21 guarantees
1 free adult ticket to the play. Every child in attendance will receive a new Frog and Toad book.
Additional tickets available for purchase.
Collect pledges from you colleagues, co-workers, friends and family to help purchase books for children. Every $25.oo buys 10 books for a child. Every $100 buys 40 books for children.

How many children can you help us get new books to? All proceeds go directly to book purchases as we are a strictly volunteer organization with no overhead.

Saturday,
August 16 1st Annual Golf Outing
Bedford Trails
We need golfers and hole sponsors. Donations are also accepted for prizes.
More information can be received by emailing fbmvgolf@yahoo.com

WISH LIST
We need your help!
First Book- Mahoning Valley is in need of the
following items:

postage
working laptop computer
donations for printing costs (update brochure needs printed)
volunteers (can't attend meetings- send us your email and we'll let you know when an event is coming up)
Donations of color and b/w ink for a Lexmark x1240 printer

All donations are tax deductible. Buying a new laptop- we would love your old one! We have in-kind donation forms available for recording tax deductions

If you can help us out- please email me! amyneral@yahoo.com

Plant the Seed to Read Event April 5

Please join us at the 2nd annual Youngstown Bookfair at the education center at Fellows Riverside Gardens Saturday, April 5 from 10 am - 4pm.

First Book- Mahoning Valley will be on hand to distribute 1000 books (1 each) to children who visit our table at the event. Adults can take this time as an opportunity to register for our May fundraising event:

Saturday, May 10 at 1:00 pm
a special spring
Speed Read
featuring the production of
“A Year with Frog and Toad”
Saturday, May 10, 2008
at 1:00 pm in the Moyer Room
of the Youngstown Playhouse
600 Playhouse Lane
Youngstown, Ohio

Register for $25 and receive 1 adult ticket to the play following the Speed Read event.
Additional tickets available for purchase at time of registration.
Every child at the performance will receive a Frog and Toad book to start their personal library at home.
Register now and
help give new books to children!
Readers will collect pledges and bring them to the
Speed Read. Each reader will have 15 seconds to read a passage as quickly as they can.
For registration information email Amy at amyneral@yahoo.com