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Hello Fourth and Fifth Graders!

Oregon Battle of the Books is a reading program that exposes kiddos to a great variety of books and rewards close reading. The kiddos, ages 9 - 11, read 16 books (both fiction and non-fiction) and then face a number of matches with their teams, answering Trivial Pursuit-like questions. The winning team from our school goes on to face other teams from other elementary schools across the region.

We are trying to raise money so that we can reward all our participants and our winners. I would like to be able to give each member of our winning team a Powell's gift card (Who wouldn't want that?!), and I would REALLY love it if we could reward each person who reads all 16 books (even if they are not on a team) with a prize. A party for all participants (maybe with an author?!) is a stretch goal.

To that end, I've created a cool t-shirt with an excellent quote ("Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home." — Anna Quindlen (How Reading Changed My Life"), and the lovely people at Bonfire Funds will print up these t-shirts for anyone who donates $15 or more. They will also accept donations for us in ANY amount. I'm told that these t-shirts are deliciously soft and yummy to wear.

Will you consider donating and/or purchasing a t-shirt to support our cause?

https://www.bonfirefunds.com/sexton-mountain-elementary-battle-of-the-books/?r=15247

is your special link to get there. Entering "gxf2u2659" will enable you to receive free shipping, but the shirts will be delivered to Sexton Mountain. If 50 t-shirts or more are ordered, the shirts will be delivered by mid-November.

Thanks for reading!

Jen Fife-Adams, OBOB Chair