Beers for Books

What is Beers for Books?

Beers for Books is a fundraising concept to support Room to Read's local language publishing program. Drink a beer, create a treasured book for a child.

How can I help?

Beers for Books is something anyone can do anywhere!

Get involved and learn more about what you can do, wherever you are.

Members

  • Satoko Yuge
  • Tomo Komatsu
  • Gary Bremermann
  • Jason Ball
  • Rena
  • Saul Fleischman
  • Haruko Furukawa
  • Mayu Aoki
  • Alex Kawano
  • Jack Brajcich
  • Laura Thigpen
  • Rena
  • Tim Moran
  • Darrell G. Hocker
  • Kyu Chah
  • Gordon Luster

Latest Activity

Jason Ball is attending Gary Bremermann's event
July 30, 2010 from 7pm to 11pm
Please join us on Friday, July 30th for a very special Beers for Books event organized by Japan Intercultural Consulting in support of Room to Read at Fifty Seven, one of Tokyo's finest lounge bars and restaurants. Japan Intercultural Consulting is…
17 hours ago
Gary Bremermann updated an event
July 30, 2010 from 7pm to 11pm
Please join us on Friday, July 30th for a very special Beers for Books event organized by Japan Intercultural Consulting in support of Room to Read at Fifty Seven, one of Tokyo's finest lounge bars and restaurants. Japan Intercultural Consulting is…
on Wednesday
Gary Bremermann added 2 events
on Tuesday
Gordon Luster What brings me here? This strikes me as a good cause. That's all.
July 24
Tomo Komatsu is attending Gary Bremermann's event
July 30, 2010 from 7pm to 11pm
Please join us on Friday, July 30th for a very special Beers for Books event organized by Japan Intercultural Consulting in support of Room to Read at Fifty Seven, one of Tokyo's finest lounge bars and restaurants. Japan Intercultural Consulting is…
July 23
Rena is attending Gary Bremermann's event
July 23, 2010 from 6pm to 11:45pm
Please join us on Friday, July 23 at Crawfish in Akasaka for a B4B featuring live music by the Jake Band starting at 8PM and a Double Book Happy Hour from 6PM - 8PM where every drink creates TWO treasured books for kids. Jake Band is a veteran grou…
July 22
Gary Bremermann added an event
July 29, 2010 from 7pm to 11pm
Hey wine lovers, here’s your chance to support Beers for Books by participating in its more refined, but equally fun, B4B variation—Bottles for Books. Yes, B4B works just as well for wine, and in some ways even better because not only does every gl…
July 22
Etsuko Oida is attending Gary Bremermann's event
July 30, 2010 from 7pm to 11pm
Please join us on Friday, July 30th for a very special Beers for Books event organized by Japan Intercultural Consulting in support of Room to Read at Fifty Seven, one of Tokyo's finest lounge bars and restaurants. Japan Intercultural Consulting is…
July 21
Gary Bremermann added an event
August 12, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm
Award-winning craft beer and pizza + books created for kids--yeah! The Room to Read Chicago Chapter invites you to join them for the 2nd Beers for Books event, this one at Piece Brewery, purveyor of World Beer Cup winning brews and some of the tast…
July 17
July 30, 2010 from 7pm to 11pm
Please join us on Friday, July 30th for a very special Beers for Books event organized by Japan Intercultural Consulting in support of Room to Read at Fifty Seven, one of Tokyo's finest lounge bars and restaurants. Japan Intercultural Consulting is…
July 14
Gary Bremermann updated an event
July 15, 2010 from 7pm to 11pm
Yen Bar, a legendary drinkers' bar in Shibuya is hosting its 1st Beers for Books event Thursday, July 15th from 7PM - 11PM. Come join Ono-san and Blake as they serve cold beers and tasty cocktails at the bar along with delicious tapas from the kitch…
July 13
Gary Bremermann added 3 events
July 11
July 30, 2010 from 7pm to 11pm
Please join us on Friday, July 30th for a very special Beers for Books event organized by Japan Intercultural Consulting in support of Room to Read at Fifty Seven, one of Tokyo's finest lounge bars and restaurants. Japan Intercultural Consulting is…
July 10
July 18, 2010 from 7pm to 11pm
B4B is coming to Chiba! Please join us for our first ever event in Chiba Prefecture at Ocean Deep in Chiba City. We're expecting warm summer weather so we can enjoy both indoors and outdoors at Chiba City's finest international bar. For those of yo…
July 10
July 8
Jennifer added a photo
July 8
 

One Beer, One Book

Welcome to Beers for Books

A great way to raise money for Room to Read & something anyone can do anywhere!


Beers for Books is a really simple idea to raise money for childhood literacy in developing countries. Beer-drinkers (and other fun people) everywhere are having a blast with the idea while creating books for kids that have limited access to educational resources.

Breaking News...On June 30th we flew through the 70,000 book milestone with events in 4 cities in 3 countries--Tokyo, Sydney, Los Angeles, and St. Paul, MN! I'm not sure where the 70,000th book got created as we pretty much had something going on over a 12 hour period and good fun was had by all. 100,000 here we come!

Results Update: In addition to passing the 70K milestone on the 30th, we also welcomed Canada to the Beers for Books family with three events in June with 306 books created in Montreal, 905 in Edmonton, and 260 in Vancouver. We also created 436 at the Twin Cities debut, 543 Cambodian books at Benny's in Yokohama, 230 from Beats for Books Vol. 2 in Tokyo, 210 from Dublin Bay in Osaka, 100 from Mashable's Social Media Day on June 30th, 793 at the 2nd Annual Canyons.jp B4B BBQ & Whitewater Rafting/Canyoning in Minakami event on July 3rd, and 368 from Mattari in Fujisawa July 9th. Great job everyone!

Since starting in February '09, the Beers for Books concept has been growing and spreading beyond Tokyo and the pace is accelerating. We hit 40K in early March and hit 50K in early April, 60K in May, and now 70K in June. B4B is something that anyone can do anywhere, so we've got lots of room left to grow if you get involved.

THANK YOU to all the thousands of great people who have made this happen in so many ways--organizing, promoting, supporting, encouraging, and just making it all fun and simple.

Coming Up: July will feature Mattari in Fujisawa, July 9th, Yen Bar in Tokyo July 15th, live music + B4B in Akasaka 7/23, the newly-opened El Take It Easy hosts in San Diego 7/21, another San Diego event at Yakitori Yakyudori 7/28, our monthly Bottles for Books event at Kimono Wine Bar 7/29 and a large B4B event organized by Japan Intercultural Consulting on July 30th. Stay tuned for launches of B4B launches in Hanoi, Kathmandu, Zurich, Portland, Dallas, Singapore, and Seoul! Check the events section for more details, tell all your fun friends, and come on out!



Are YOU ready to organize a B4B event? Check out the Organizer's Manual available in the "Tools" section of this website--you can do it--it is simple and fun.

The 47 Japan Prefecture and the US 50 State Challenge

Our 2010 Goal? One Beers for Books event in every prefecture in Japan by the end of the year and fill the US map too. Next, the world... Please help us by organizing your own event and spreading the word about B4B!



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Sandra Abi-Rashed

Post-Event Report - Montreal B4B

Started by Sandra Abi-Rashed in Ideas, comments & feedback Jun 18.

Gary Bremermann

The 47 Prefecture Challenge 6 Replies

Started by Gary Bremermann in Organizers lounge. Last reply by Gary Bremermann Nov. 27, 2009.

Gary Bremermann

Post-Event Reports 6 Replies

Started by Gary Bremermann in Ideas, comments & feedback. Last reply by Gretchen Shinoda May. 20, 2009.

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