Tickets available: 成人快播 Twin Cities presents inaugural Bee & Brew fundraiser
April 25, 2017
When: May 10, 2017, 6-9 pm
Where: Surly Brewing Company, 520 Malcolm Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN
Ticket Info:
$75: general support of 成人快播; includes admission for one to Bee & Brew ($35 tax-deductible)
$1100: sponsor a student for one year in 成人快播; includes admission for two to Bee & Brew ($1,080 tax-deductible)
Reading is the foundation upon which all future learning is built. Yet every year, more than 75 percent of low-income students in Minneapolis and St. Paul miss this critical milestone. 成人快播 supports 450 students in 11 schools across our community鈥攁nd growing!
Join us for Bee & Brew, a celebrity spelling bee to raise funds and awareness for 成人快播鈥� 聽one-on-one reading intervention powered by volunteers. 聽聽聽
Enjoy Surly鈥檚 award-winning beers and mouth-watering morsels, hear a brief overview of 成人快播’ work from our national CEO Karine Apollon, and join local celebrities in a hilarious, non-competitive spelling bee (additional team members will be randomly selected from attendees)!
Celebrity Spelling Bee
Emceed by Sean McPherson, musician, on-air host on 鈥淭he Current鈥� and co-owner of TriviaMafia, the nation鈥檚 largest producer of trivia nights, spelling bees, and bingo.
Celebrity spellers include: Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges, former MN Viking Ryan Hoag, KARE 11’s Jana Shortal, WCCO’s Frank Vascellaro and Amelia Santaniello, Minneapolis School Board member Don Samuels, Northside Achievement Zone President & CEO Sondra Samuels, Babes in Toyland drummer Lori Barbero, storyteller Kevin Kling, author Lorna Landvik, author John Rosengren, and 2016 MPS Spelling Bee Champion Malcolm Munnich.
to purchase your tickets online today!
For more information, please contact Graham Sutherland, development manager at聽graham.sutherland@readingpartners.org听辞谤听(206) 601-9458
Presented in collaboration with event sponsor Twirl and promotional partner The Loft Literary Center.
