Literary Royal Meg Cabot Featured Author at LitLUNCH! in February Ladies…it’s time to dust off your tiaras! This year, Meg Cabot, bestselling author of the Princess Diaries and Mediator series, is our guest author at LitLUNCH! This event is the kick-off to Literary Feast 2016. Pencil us in on Friday, February 5th at 11:15 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six’s Pier Top restaurant. A prolific writer, Meg has published nearly 80 books and sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Her latest book, Royal Wedding, is the 11th installment in her Princess Diaries series, and was written for adults. The relationship between Kate Middleton and Prince William provided the story’s inspiration as Meg considered how the couple handled constant media speculation about their engagement and later, their wedding. Princess Diana’s role as a public influencer also inspired the author. In addition to the Princess Diaries series, Meg writes the Mediator series for adults, which features the heroine Suze Simon as a young woman who can communicate with the dead. Remembrance, the 7th book in this series, will be available in time for LitLUNCH! With capacity for only 200 guests, LitLUNCH! is always a sellout. Please visit bplfoundation.org/ litlunch for sponsorship information or to purchase your non-refundable tickets ($75 per person). Tickets to LitLUNCH! are a great holiday gift, too! Books ‘N‘ Bears Program Brings Holiday Joy More than 2,000 of Broward’s neediest preschoolers will receive a new book and teddy bear during special Books ‘n’ Bears parties held at 33 library branches throughout December. The Books ‘n’ Bears program is a cherished holiday tradition at Broward County Library, and this year the number of children invited to participate in the program is doubling. To donate, please visit bplfoundation.org/ booksandbears Please be generous with your tax-deductible contributions as we reach out to so many more children this year. Giving Tuesday And End-Of-Year Donations One of the things that makes a public library so special is that everything is free. There surely aren’t many places like that in the county – or the world! An unrestricted gift to the Broward Public Library Foundation goes a long way toward supporting the vital and innovative programs and services that Broward County Library will provide in the coming year. On December 1, the Library Foundation will again participate in Giving Tuesday, a global day whose purpose is to celebrate generosity and to give. Donations can be made online through the Library Foundation’s website at bplfoundation.org, with a phone call to the Library Foundation office at 954.357.7382, and, for the first time, on your cell phone. It’s easy to donate by texting through a program called text2give, where a 1-click donation will be added on the donor’s cell phone bill. Simply text the word LIBRARY to BIDPAL (243725) and a link will appear to complete your donation. After that, there’ll be 30 more days to give on our website, by phone or through the mail. We believe that community means we’re all in this together. We work with each other and give the best of what we have back to our community. At its heart, that’s what the Broward Public Library Foundation is all about. Please consider making a tax-deductible gift to the Library Foundation in support of Broward County Library by December 31! This is your community and this is your Library. Every gift will help. Meg Cabot (photo by Lisa DeTullio Russell) The Broward Public Library Foundation was founded in 1982 to enhance the collections, programs and services of the Broward County Library beyond the means of public funding. The nonprofit Foundation is the catalyst in sparking private funding and endowments to enrich the Broward County Library system. NOVEMBER 2015
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Literary Royal Meg Cabot FeaturedAuthor at LitLUNCH! in February
Ladies…it’s time to dust off your tiaras! This year, Meg Cabot, bestselling author of the Princess Diaries and Mediator series, is our guest author at LitLUNCH! This event is the kick-off to Literary Feast 2016. Pencil us in on Friday, February 5th at 11:15 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six’s Pier Top restaurant.
A prolific writer, Meg has published nearly 80 books and sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Her latest book, Royal
Wedding, is the 11th installment in her Princess Diaries series, and was written for adults. The relationship between Kate Middleton and Prince William provided the story’s inspiration as Meg considered how the couple handled constant media
speculation about their engagement and later, their wedding. Princess Diana’s role as a public influencer also inspired the author.
In addition to the Princess Diaries series, Meg writes the Mediator series for adults, which features the heroine Suze Simon as a young woman who can communicate with the dead. Remembrance, the 7th book in this series, will be available in time for LitLUNCH!
With capacity for only 200 guests, LitLUNCH! is always a sellout. Please visit bplfoundation.org/litlunch for sponsorship information or to
purchase your non-refundable tickets ($75 per person). Tickets to LitLUNCH! are a great holiday gift, too!
Books ‘N‘ Bears Program Brings Holiday Joy
More than 2,000 of Broward’s neediest preschoolers will receive a new book and teddy bear during special Books ‘n’ Bears parties held at 33 library branches throughout December.
The Books ‘n’ Bears program is a cherished holiday tradition at Broward County Library, and this year the number of children invited to participate in the program is doubling. To donate, please visit bplfoundation.org/
booksandbearsPlease be generous with your
tax-deductible contributions as we reach out to so many more children this year.
Giving Tuesday And End-Of-Year Donations
One of the things that makes a public library so special is that everything is free. There surely aren’t many places like that in the county – or the world! An unrestricted gift to the Broward Public Library Foundation goes a long way toward supporting the vital and innovative programs and services that Broward County Library will provide in the coming year.
On December 1, the Library Foundation will again participate in Giving Tuesday, a global day whose purpose is to celebrate generosity and to give. Donations can be made online through the Library Foundation’s website at bplfoundation.org, with a phone call to the Library Foundation office at 954.357.7382, and, for the first time, on your cell phone.
It’s easy to donate by texting through a program called text2give, where a 1-click donation will be added on the donor’s cell phone bill. Simply text the word LIBRARY to BIDPAL (243725) and a link will appear to complete your donation.
After that, there’ll be 30 more days to give on our website, by phone or through the mail. We believe that community means we’re all in this together. We work with each other and give the best of what we have back to our community. At its heart, that’s what the Broward Public Library Foundation is all about.
Please consider making a tax-deductible gift to the Library Foundation in support of Broward County Library by December 31!
This is your community and this is your Library. Every gift will help.
Meg Cabot (photo by Lisa DeTullio Russell)
The Broward Public Library Foundation was founded in 1982 to enhance the collections, programs and services of the Broward County Library beyond the means of public funding. The nonprofit Foundation is the catalyst in sparking private funding and endowments to enrich the Broward County Library system.
NOVEMBER 2015
Gov. Lurleen Wallace Focus Of Book With Brunch
A biography of Alabama Gov. Lurleen Wallace is the subject of the Jan. 12 Book With Brunch. Judge Janice Law has written American Evita: Lurleen Wallace, weaving together the stories of two strong women who were thrust into the political arena and dealt with serious emotional and health-related issues.
Law, a founder of the American Women Writers National Museum in Washington, D.C., will speak, sell and sign her book at this event, which will be held at 10:30 a.m. at ArtServe in Fort Lauderdale (1350 E. Sunrise Boulevard). It is a benefit to Foundation members at the $50 level and above; nonmembers may attend by paying a $25 non-refundable fee in advance. Please call 954.357.7382 to make your reservation. Seating is limited to the first 50 registrants.
Three Join BPLF BoardAt the Oct. 7 Broward Public Library Foundation Annual
Meeting, three Broward residents were welcomed onto the Board of Directors.
Mario M. Cartaya is a second-generation leader of the Fort Lauderdale architectural firm, Cartaya and Associates, where as president he has been in charge of all business-related aspects of the firm since 2011. His father, Mario Cartaya, founded the firm in 1979. He and his wife Yuleiny, who live in Sea Ranch Lakes, were Literary Feast 2015 dinner hosts. Mario also sits on the Board of Directors for the Parks Foundation of Broward County and has been active in the Broward County Gator Club and Broward Young Democrats.
Sean Chari, a resident of South Florida since 2011, lives in Pembroke Pines with his wife, Scheila, and children, Sebastian and Sophia. He is the IT Consulting Senior Manager at Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors and Accountants, where he co-leads providing business consulting services, helping organizations achieve operational excellence by aligning personnel, processes and technology to operational and strategic objectives. Fluent in Spanish, he has worked and lived internationally, from Saudi Arabia to Costa Rica. Sean has been actively involved as a Big Brother (Big Brother & Sisters) for over 12 years.
Marisol Levin, who was born and raised in Miami, lives in Coral Springs with her husband, David Levin and daughters Savannah and Sydney. She is a Senior Marketing Coordinator at Bohler Engineering, overseeing marketing efforts in the Florida and Carolina regions. Bohler has been in business for over 30 years and offers services including land development, civil engineering, surveying and landscape architecture. She is a member of Leadership Broward’s Emerge Broward group for young professionals.
Completing their terms of office were Board Treasurer Craig Farlie, former Board Chair Christy Lambertus and former Literary Feast co-chair Joi Freeman.
Mario M. Cartaya
Marisol Levin
Sean Chari
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Make the Foundation Your Amazon Smile Beneficiary
Do you shop on Amazon.com? If so, Amazon has a program that lets you designate our Foundation to receive .5% of your qualifying purchases. It’s called AmazonSmile and it only takes a minute to sign up and choose the Broward Public Library Foundation as your “shopping beneficiary.” Just visit https://smile.amazon.com/ch/59-2224746 to sign up and then shop as you normally would. We appreciate your support!
A Taste of What’s to Come: A Night of Literary Feasts
Broward’s signature literary event for ravenous readers begins on Saturday, March 5 with a book signing and Welcome Reception at the Main Library followed by intimate dinners featuring an author hosted in private homes and upscale restaurants. Authors confirmed to attend include Alafair Burke (The Ex), Helen Ellis (American Housewife), Deborah Harkness (The Book of Life), George Hodgman (Bettyville), Michael Kortya (Last Words),
Kate Clifford Larson (Rosemary, The Hidden Kennedy Daughter), Michael Riedel (Razzle Dazzle), B.A. Shapiro (The Muralist), Elaine Viets (Checked Out), and Daniel de Visé (Andy & Don) with more to follow. Individual tickets are $175.
See sponsorship opportunities atbplfoundation.org/literary-feast-sponsorship-opportunities
Oh, The Places We’ll Go!Do you have an unused gift card, certificate for a hotel
stay or access to a vacation home or unique experience? We are busy collecting items for the Literary Feast 2016 Silent Auction that will be held during the Night of Literary Feasts on March 5, and would appreciate your donations by mid-January. Please call Lynea Bostic at 954.357.7382 or email her at [email protected]. Thanks for sharing!
