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Upcoming Events and Fun!

Barnes & Noble Bookfair Hosted by St. Michael, Livonia
to Benefit Seedlings Braille Books for Children
Thursday, April 24th

Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Northville (Six Mile & Haggerty) will hold a bookfair hosted by St. Michael School, Livonia benefiting Seedlings Braille Books for Children. On Thursday, April 24 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., a percentage of all purchase totals will be donated to Seedlings to produce children's books in braille. Mention Seedlings or St. Michael when checking out with the cashier.

In addition to shopping on Seedlings' behalf, several special events will be happening on Thursday, April 24. St. Michael's choir will perform and guest readers from St. Michael school and parish will be sharing stories throughout the day. This is a wonderful opportunity to help bring the gift of literacy to blind children!

For more information, contact Seedlings at seedlink7@aol.com or call 734-427-8552.

Beta Sigma Phi to Host Fashion Show
to Benefit Seedlings Braille Books for Children
Wednesday evening, May 14th

Another wonderful opportunity to help bring the gift of literacy to blind children!

Beta Sigma Phi will be hosting a dinner and fashion show on Wednesday evening, May 14, 2008 benefiting Seedlings Braille Books for Children. Proceeds will be donated to Seedlings to help promote braille literacy by producing children's books in braille.

Doors will open at 6:30 pm with a buffet dinner following at 7:15 pm. The latest fashions and accessories by Dress Barn will be highlighted. The charity event will take place at St. Michael the Archangel, 26355 West Chicago, Redford. Tickets are $26 and can be purchased by contacting Pat Claphan by phone: 248-468-4068 or email: patclaphan@yahoo.com

Bowling for Braille Books

Photo of celebrity bowlers Chris Edmonds and Theresa Lucas from WNIC at a previous Seedlings' Bowl-a-thon

21st Annual Bowl-a-thon
* * New & Improved! * *
ONLINE REGISTRATION & ONLINE PLEDGING
Available for the First Time This Year!

If you live in the Detroit area, please join us on March 9, 2008 for Seedlings' 21st annual Bowl-a-thon for Braille Books!

Come bowl with our crazy celebrity bowlers from WNIC! Help put braille books into the hands of blind children by raising pledges and bowling at Super Bowl in Canton. Every year our bowlers win lots of prizes and awards! Each $10 raised makes another book possible! Businesses are needed to sponsor lanes and to contribute door prizes.

BOWL-A-THON 2008!

WHEN: Sunday, March 9, at 12:00 p.m.
WHERE: SUPER BOWL in Canton
WHAT: Lots of fun and prizes...and lots of money raised to help make more books available in braille!
HOW: Call 734-427-8552 x301 for registration & pledge forms
or register online right now: Seedlings Bowl-a-thon Registration
then email this link to all your friends & family so they can pledge you: Seedlings Bowl-a-thon Pledge

Your $50 minimum will be easy to raise with this new online option!
In fact, why not go for one of the top prizes? Bowlers who raise the most pledges will be eligible for the 4 top prize packages (to be announced soon!)

Contact Seedlings at seedlink7@aol.com or call 734-427-8552 for more information or click here to download a Bowl-a-thon brochure and pledge sheet: Adobe PDF Format version of the Bowl-a-thon brochure.

Read With Feeling Events

A "Hands On" Braille Awareness School Assembly Program
and a Community Service Opportunity for students in Detroit metro area schools!!

Kids helping kids makes this program exciting and unique. Students organize a community service fundraising project and Seedlings will come to your school to present an assembly about braille.

By supporting a service project, your students will be making a difference for blind children and developing a pattern of generosity that will follow them throughout their lives!

Sponsored by Lesnau Printing

Contact Seedlings at seedlink7@aol.com or call 734-427-8552 for more information or click here to download the Read With Feeling brochure: Adobe PDF Format version of the Read With Feeling brochure.

Photo of bowler raising funds for Seedlings

"Bowl Where You Are"

If you like to bowl, please consider bowling to support braille book production! Seedlings' annual bowl-a-thon to support braille literacy has been our major fund-raiser for 20 years! In 1998, a "Bowl Where You Are" option was added so that supporters across the country could participate! "Bowl Where You Are" has become so popular that we are making it a year round event! Individuals or groups are invited to bowl anywhere and anytime in the name of braille literacy to support Seedlings Braille Books for Children.

Simply call us toll-free at 800-777-8552 and we'll send you instructions and a pledge sheet. When your pledges are collected and sent in, you'll be eligible for prizes! Every $10 raised subsidizes another braille book! Call today for details.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT!

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