AIU South Florida Participating in World Book Night
April 17, 2012
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AIU South Florida will be participating in World Book Night, a world-wide literacy advocacy program. Volunteers will meet on Tuesday, April 17th at 5:00pm to prepare for the April 23rd event.
WHO: From Kodiak, Alaska, to Key West, Florida, in 5,000 towns and cities across America, volunteers will give away half a million free books on one day: April 23, 2012. Come meet those volunteers and hear the stories of where they will be distributing their books — as varied and colorful as the people themselves, and as engaging as their book choices.
WHAT: World Book Night U.S. is an ambitious campaign to give away half a million free, specially printed books across America. Volunteer book lovers will help promote reading by going into their communities and handing out free copies of a book that they enjoy to new or light readers, reaching them especially in underserved places – and even some fun spots. The volunteers will be picking up their books at a local bookstore or library in order to share them in locations as diverse as VA hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, ballparks, mass transit, diners, and more.
We are proud to be a community partner for the first World Book Night in the U.S., following the impressive launch of this campaign by our bookstore, library, author, and publisher colleagues in the UK and Ireland last year.
AIU South Florida will be hosting activities the week before World Book Night, in preparation for the givers going out into the community on April 23.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 5:00 pm
WHERE: American InterContinental University Library, 2250 N Commerce Parkway, Weston, FL
CONTACT: Sharon Argov, Library Director, (954) 446-6147, sargov@aiufl.edu
For more information, please visit www.worldbooknight.org.