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Events Mon Jul 20 2009
Open Books Blogathon
What's a Blogathon, you ask? Essentially, it's a marathon of blogging during which time bloggers will update their websites every 30 minutes for 24 hours straight. For this effort, sponsorships are collected and the money goes to the charity or organization of each blogger's choice. It's not just blogging for fun, but blogging for a cause. This year the local non-profit Open Books is joining in the race on July 25 and asking your help to get them to their goal of $2,500. You can simply be one of their readers, checking in throughout the day, you can sign up to offer your blogging talents, or you can offer monetary aid and be a sponsor. During the blogathon, Open Books looks forward to presenting their readers with Mad Libs drawn from classic fiction pieces, a contest, jokes, quotes and prizes. All of the hard work is going toward providing a class of elementary school students with an entire semester of Open Books Buddies. All of Open Books's effort go to increasing literacy in our city and this is a fun way to support their cause. I can't wait to tune in to their blog on Saturday and see what they come up with.
