Crescent City Connection is Recruiting Sponsors in the Fight Against Sexual Assault

NEW ORLEANS - March 11, 2014 - PRLog -- New Orleans native and author, Taymika Byrd will launch her newest novel, Crescent City Connection, at the start of Sexual Assault Awareness month. Proceeds from sales during April will be donated to Crescent House of the New Orleans Family Justice Center to support the fight against sexual assault.

Taymika will host a book signing in April and she is inviting local business owners and political figures to participate by becoming event sponsors. The signing party will be held at the Community Book Center in New Orleans, April 19th, 2014.

All sponsors will be recognized in the novel. Sponsorship levels begin at $50.00 and non-monetary contributions to the event are welcome as well.

For more details, visit http://www.readonpress.com/crescent-city-connection and click the “Sponsors Only Area” button. On the sponsors page contributors will see numerous ways they are able to participate in the event. Contributions are not tax deductible; however, all cash donations will go directly to support the fight against sexual assault. Non-monetary contributions will go to the promotion and production of the event. Items that can be used as door prizes are encouraged as well as services for the event itself.

Visit the sponsor site for additional details.

About Taymika G. Byrd: Taymika Byrd is a native New Orleanian, published author and recruiter for Girl Scouts. Since 2005, Taymika has primarily lived and worked in Cedar Hill, Texas but spends a large part of the year in New Orleans. Learn more about the author at Taymika’s Facebook fan page (http://www.facebook.com/taymikagbyrd).