Book Drive...Easy ways to give

Don't forget to bring in any new or gently used books with you to Nurture when you visit. Just drop them off in the box on the stairwell landing. If you aren't planning on being at Nurture anytime soon, you can also bring your books to Green Bean Books or Milagros!

Green Bean Books is offering a 10% discount on any books purchased for the book drive.

Art Hop is next weekend, May 15th! Join the festivities, see great art, and drop off some books!

Sunday Parkways is the next day, May 16th! Nurture will be at Wilshire Park (NE Shaver & 33rd) with a diaper changing station, nursing area, and a box for book donations! Get out with the family, ride, stop by to say hello, and drop off some books!

May Day Book Drive

Dear Community:

Do you have gently used children’s books that your family has outgrown? Would you like to see those books in the hands of children who do not have their own books?

The Children’s Book Bank is a charitable organization whose mission is to provide gently used books and literacy support to the children of low- income families in Portland. The Children’s Book Bank is aimed at preschool children in Head Start classrooms and the books are available to the children free of charge.

The Children’s Book Bank is appealing to communities in Portland to help it build and sustain its inventory of books by donating gently used children’s books. Milagros, Green Bean Books, and Nurture have teamed up to host a May Day book drive to continue New Season’s Earth Day Book Drive efforts for the Children's Book Bank. The May Day Book Drive will run from May 1, 2010-June1, 2010. Our goal is to collect 1000 books!

Please help us to support The Children’s Book Bank by donating your gently used children’s books. Please take care to ensure that the donated books are gently used and are suitable for early readers and preschool aged children. No teen novels or adult books please. There will be drop boxes at Milagros, Green Bean Books, and Nurture.

Thank you for your interest and support!

For further information on this drive contact Jennifer Green at Jennifer@greenbeanbooks.com or Mychelle at Mychelle@nurturepdx.com

For further information on The Children’s Book Bank you may contact Shannon Schrecengost at shannons@childrensbookbank.com or visit its website at www.childrensbookbank.org.

Upcoming Coolness at Green Bean Books

Our fabulous neighbors, Green Bean Books, has some wonderful events coming up (including a visit from a favorite author/artist of ours, Johanna Wright)! Check it out (you can click on the graphic below for more information)...

Mustache Therapy (and more) at Green Bean Books

My children and I popped over to Green Bean Books (Nurture's neighbor!) to indulge in a bit of book buying, but we also got in a bit of therapy while we were there. You see, Portland book lovers have been sprouting facial hair and belly laughs (=good therapy), thanks to Jennifer's magnificent Instant Disguise Machine ("Facial Hair in a Flash!"), and we joined in the fun. Okay, so my youngest was a bit freaked out by the idea, but her brother happily added her mustache to his $.25-incognito-mug. Look for us (see picture above) on the mustache montage wall...aren't I looking wise with that white stache??

There is so much to discover over there, little nooks, crannies, and creatures tucked away all over the store; my children love it there! You can also buy, trade, or sell books over there: they offer 25% of our selling price in cash or 30% of our selling price in trade credit (for your used children’s books and adult best sellers that are in good condition. They reserve the right to reject any book that they feel they cannot sell, of course).

Yay, Green Bean Books! Thank you for widening our smiles!