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Books are fun would like to acknowledge Brian and Pia Ross for all of their hard work and great customer service. We would like to congratulate them on receiving the "Vendor of the Year" in Palm Beach County, FL.!
BOOKS ARE FUN BOOK FAIR!
Come enjoy the Books Are Fun book fair held right here at:
St. Joseph's Hospital
SPECIAL EVENT - SPECIAL EVENT - SPECIAL EVENT
$20,000.00 TOY REPLACEMENT DRIVE
Books Are Fun in a joint effort with the St. Joseph's Foundation
is conducting a Book and Gift Sale on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
December 19 - 20 - 21 on the 3rd Ave. Skyway Bridge.
EVENT HOURS ARE FROM 7am - 7pm EACH DAY
Books Are Fun will match the items purchased with a reciprocal
like item donation until the $20,000.00 goal is reached. This
literally means that if you purchase 1 item then Books Are Fun will
match that purchase, buy 3 and Books Are Fun will donate 3,
purchase 10 items and Books Are Fun donates 10 to the
Foundation.
Let's All Get Behind This and PUSH!!
CASH, CHECKS, CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS and EMPLOYEE PAYROLL DEDUCTION
Come visit the New Books Are Fun Book Fair in the convenience of your workplace. With over 250 great titles at unbelievable prices, you are sure to find something for everyone on your list!
Product categories include:
Children's Story Books, Cookbooks, General Interest Books, New York Times Best Sellers, Stationery & Scrapbooking, Music Collections, Gifts for all ages, Early Learning Products, and Children's Educational Products.
First run, top quality products from the world's leading publishers:
Time Life, Simon & Schuster, Dorling Kindersley, Harper-Collins, Penguin, Random House, Reader's Digest, Rodale, Disney, Publication's International, Thomas Nelson, Peachtree Publishing and many more!
For more information and a great video of
what your fair will look like... click
here!
Books Are Fun is giving away $10,000!
The 10 winners of the $10,000 Books Are Fun Sweepstakes have been selected. Each person will receive $1,000.
First Three winners of the $10,000 Books Are Fun Sweepstakes have been notified:
- Vickie Nelson from the Board of Education Office in Westover Maryland
- Liz Monek from Austin Community College in Texas
- Tracy Wylie from Franklin Elementary in Logansport, Indiana
- Nancy Georgevich from Pine Grove Middle School in East Syracuse, NY
- Lisa Wilkes from Elkhart Indiana
- Julie Herring from Quincy Illinois
Congratulations to all three of these winners. Their checks for $1,000 each will be sent out as soon as possible. Stay tuned to see who the other 4 lucky winners will be.
1st place Taste of Home Teachers Recipe
Contest
sponsored by Books Are Fun
It has always been Ronda Schabes' dream to open up a bakery, now she is $20,000 closer to that dream. Ronda's winning Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes recipe was selected from over 14,400 submissions in the Taste of Home Teachers Recipe Contest sponsored by Books Are Fun. Her cupcakes not only earned Ronda a $20,000 check, but also earned her school, Sunset Lake Elementary in Vicksburg, Michigan, $20,000 as well.
2nd place Taste of Home Teachers Recipe
Contest
sponsored by Books Are Fun
The winner of this 2nd place entrée is Debbie Shannon from Rossville Elementary in Rossville Georgia. A $10,000 check was presented to principal Robin Samples on behalf of Rossville Elementary and another $10,000 check was presented to Debbie Shannon for her submission of the Chicken Marsala Lasagna.
3rd place Taste of Home Teachers Recipe
Contest
sponsored by Books Are Fun
The 3rd Place recipe is a Quinoa and Black Bean Salad. The winner of this amazing dish is Yvonne Compton from Elkton Charter School in Elkton Oregon. A $5,000 check was presented to principal Mike Hughes on behalf of Elkton Charter school and another $5,000 check was presented to Yvonne Compton for her submission.