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.
GOOD NEWS UPDATE: Last nights's B4B @ The FooTNiK created 356 books and put us over the 36,000 book mark!! Since starting in February '09, the Beers for Books concept has been growing and spreading beyond Tokyo and the pace is accelerating. We hit 10K in mid-August and 20K on October 1, and 30K December 12 just by hanging out and having a good time with cool people. THANK YOU to everyone who is making this happen!
Results Update: In addition to the 356 books in Tokyo, last week there were 1000 books created by Crystal, Tania, Natalie and their team in Seattle, 330 books created in San Francisco last week by Jadine and her team, the monthly Slang Bingo event at The Pink Cow created 116 and superstar Jason Eng in Kansai did a few intimate events and created 366 books setting a great example for how someone can just take the ball and run with it at any scale!
Coming Up: We're planning tons of fun events for 2010 including 2/17 in Sydney, 2/20 in Fujisawa, 2/26 in London and Zushi, 3/3 in Tokyo, 3/8 in San Francisco, 3/20 in Minakami, 3/20 in Yakushima, 3/23 and 4/18 in San Diego. We're also working on putting together B4B launches in Edmonton, Portland, Boston, Vancouver, 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.