Barnes & Noble Book Fair

On Friday, August 8, 2008 Success By 6 will join with Barnes & Noble Booksellers in DeWitt for a book fair. To kickoff the book fair, Spot, the loveable dog from the children’s book series, will be hosting story time from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. - 7 p.m., in the children’s book section of the Barnes & Noble store located at 3454 Erie Blvd. East in DeWitt.

Customers must submit a Barnes & Noble/SB6 voucher from August 8 through August 14th in order for a percentage of their purchases to be donated to the SB6 book fair. Customers can also mention the Success By 6 book fair to the cashier when making their purchases if they do not have a voucher but still want to benefit Success By 6. The book fair will take place solely at the Barnes & Noble DeWitt location during the designated time frame.

“Bring on the Books!” Book Drive
March 2008

Each year, Success By 6 partners with local businesses to collect donations of new and gently used books and distributes them to more than 145 local childcare centers and Head Start and Pre-K programs. During the past 10 years, the Book Drive has collected more than 150,000 books!

BookFest
October 2007

Success By 6’s Children’s BookFest is held to encourage families to embrace reading with their children. The event is held annually at a local elementary school and features a wide variety of arts, crafts and entertainment, such as musical groups and storytellers, as well as book signings and readings by children’s book authors.

Success By 6 Policy Breakfast
December 2007

Success By 6’s annual Policy Breakfast spotlights local concerns regarding education and childcare. The 2007 keynote speaker was Meredith Wiley, the state director of the national anti-crime organization Fight Crime: Invest in Kids. Ms. Wiley spoke about how investments in early childhood education can help prevent kids from becoming criminals later in life.

For more information, visit Fight Crime: Invest in Kids.

Past keynote speakers:

• 2006: Mildred Warner, PhD, Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. http://government.cce.cornell.edu/warner/
• 2005: Rob Grunewald, Regional Economic Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolois. http://www.earlychildhoodrc.org/grunewald.cfm

Christmas Bureau
December 2007

Each year, Christmas Bureau collects and purchases Christmas gifts to distribute to more than 5,000 needy families in Onondaga County. The effort is a collaboration by many community partners led by The Salvation Army and United Way of Central New York.