First Book-Brooklyn Partners with the Brooklyn Cyclones for Fundraising Event

First Book-Brooklyn holds its first summer fundraiser on July 20 at 7 p.m. at MCU Park in Coney Island.
 
July 11, 2012 - PRLog -- Brooklyn, July 11, 2012. First Book-Brooklyn, the Brooklyn chapter of the national nonprofit organization that provides new books to children in need across the country, has partnered with the Brooklyn Cyclones to host its premier summer fundraiser on Friday, July 20 at 7 p.m. at MCU Park, the centerpiece of historic Coney Island.

The Brooklyn Cyclones will battle the Staten Island Yankees, while First Book-Brooklyn supporters help spread literacy to kids in their community. Supporters will receive a baseball cap and bobblehead, and enjoy the post-game fireworks. To help spread the word about First Book-Brooklyn, its supporters are encouraged to wear First Book-Brooklyn t-shirts or hats, which are available from http://www.cafepress.com/firstbookbrooklyn. Anyone sporting First Book-Brooklyn gear is entered into a raffle to win tickets to either Disney World or Disneyland.

Tickets for the game are available for $20 from First Book-Brooklyn members by emailing booklyn@firstbook.org. 30 percent of ticket sales will go directly to First Book-Brooklyn. Funds raised by First Book-Brooklyn are used exclusively to support Brooklyn-based schools, libraries, and related organizations.

In March of this year, First Book was awarded a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, America's premier charity evaluator that rates nonprofit organizations to provide donors of all levels with reliable data about the impact, efficiency, and fiscal health of the organizations. The four-star rating is Charity Navigator's highest possible evaluation. And in May of this year, First Book celebrated its 20th anniversary. That’s twenty years of new books for kids in need!

About First Book-Brooklyn
First Book–Brooklyn distributes books to programs serving low-income children throughout Brooklyn. First Book–Brooklyn meets the second Tuesday of every month. For more information, follow @firstbookbklyn on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/FirstBookBklyn) or like the Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/firstbookbrooklyn).

About First Book
First Book provides new books to children in need, addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy—access to books. An innovative leader in social enterprise, First Book has distributed more than 80 million free and low-cost books in thousands of communities. First Book now has offices in the U.S. and Canada. For more information about the nonprofit First Book, please visit www.firstbook.org.
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