Read to Rebuild – The Sponsors

I’m not sure if you’ve heard yet, but Reading Local: Portland is putting on a little event at the Writers’ Dojo on March 16th. Read to Rebuild: A Haiti Benefit Reading. We’ve got a stellar lineup of readers, some wonderful speakers form Mercy Corps, a prize raffle and Free Wine.

But this sort of event would not be possible without a community. Reading Local: Portland was started to help strengthen that community. We will be listing sponsors from our community here (and on the Event Page), in no particular order, daily.  These are the generous folks that have donated in kind to our prize raffle as well as other sponsors that have kindly decided to help out.

Back Fence PDX -Back Fence PDX has kindly donated 5 Pairs of Tickets to their next Show, March 24th, to our prize raffle.

Back Fence Storytelling events are the kissing cousin to San Francisco’s Porchlight Storytelling Series. They are an evening with seven people telling true, unmemorized eight-minute stories based on the month’s theme. The stories must not have been performed publicly prior to their Back Fence PDX telling. Back Fence takes place bi-monthly at the Mission Theater. The theme for the MARCH 24th show is “Lucky Bastards” — tickets on sale Now!

Wordstock – Wordstock has generously donated 10 Pairs of Tickets to the 2010 Wordstock Festival to our prize raffle.
Wordstock is Portland’s Book & Literary Festival.

Wordstock is an annual festival of books, writers, and storytelling in Portland, Oregon. To date it has hosted over 550 writers, who have read and performed for nearly 55,000 people at past festivals. Wordstock features ten author stages, a book fair with over 150 exhibitors, a special children’s area and children’s literature stage, a series of workshops for writers and for K-12 teachers, a special broadcast of Live Wire!, the popular public radio variety show, featuring writers from the festival, and more. Although it only began in 2005, Wordstock is already the largest celebration of literature and literacy in the Pacific Northwest, and is one of the largest festivals of its kind in the nation.

Wordstock is also a nonprofit that works to promote writing in the classroom. Wordstock for Teachers is a professional development program for K-12 teachers that seeks to improve student writing performance by training and supporting teachers of writing. In other words, it helps kids become better writers by making writers of their teachers. The board, staff, and volunteers who stage Wordstock are honored to help such an important and effective program make a difference in the education of thousands of children.

Thank You Sponsors!