BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.tarrantliteracycoalition.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreat or 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:582b9a90-26ec-41d5-999f-7beb4d62d52e X-WR-CALDESC:* Free Books * Financial Literacy * The Grapes of Wrath *\n \n You are invited to a unique event pairing financial literacy and one of th e greatest American authors-John Steinbeck. This event will provide you wi th an opportunity to learn more about financial literacy and an exciting l iterary event that is happening in our community\, The Big Read. You will receive a new copy of The Grapes of Wrath to participate in this community -reading event\, fill bags with books donated by Half Price Books\, and al l we ask is that you bring a canned food item to donate to the Tarrant Are a Food Bank. \n \nWhat is The Big Read? \nThe Big Read is a nation-wide co mmunity event sponsored by the National Endowment of the Arts. Texas Wesle yan University has received a grant to bring The Big Read to Fort Worth\, and has chosen to read the classic\, The Grapes of Wrath. February 29th\, The Big Read of Fort Worth will kick off at the Tarrant Area Food Bank (yo u can find more information about this and other Big Read events by visiti ng the Big Read Fort Worth website listed to the right). Many of our stude nts may struggle from financial hardships like the Joad family in the book \, and we realize that a strong financial education can aid in making the most of these tough times. \n \nTuesday\, February 28th come hear speaker Al Godoy\, from First Command Educational Foundation followed by a demons tration of Aztec's Financial Literacy software. \n \nPlease bring a canned food item for donation to theTarrant Area Food Bank. You will receive a f ree copy of The Grapes of Wrath to participate in The Big Read. There will be a brief discussion on the book. If you would like to re-acquaint yours elf with the book there is a discussion guide at The Big Read website list ed on the right. We will also have more than 600 books suitable for childr en and adults to give away so BYOB (bring your own bags). And as always\, refreshments will be served.\n \n \nSincerely\,\nKathryn Thompson\nTarrant Literacy Coalition\n \n X-WR-RELCALID:f2f18121c8a9b61e382fc612f9d13cf3 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20111106T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20121104T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20110313T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20120311T020000 RDATE:20130310T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6d219a7b-a954-4be3-9be1-87dd378bcf2a DTSTAMP:20260923T175710Z DESCRIPTION:* Free Books * Financial Literacy * The Grapes of Wrath *\n \nY ou are invited to a unique event pairing financial literacy and one of the greatest American authors-John Steinbeck. This event will provide you wit h an opportunity to learn more about financial literacy and an exciting li terary event that is happening in our community\, The Big Read. You will r eceive a new copy of The Grapes of Wrath to participate in this community- reading event\, fill bags with books donated by Half Price Books\, and all we ask is that you bring a canned food item to donate to the Tarrant Area Food Bank. \n \nWhat is The Big Read? \nThe Big Read is a nation-wide com munity event sponsored by the National Endowment of the Arts. Texas Wesley an University has received a grant to bring The Big Read to Fort Worth\, a nd has chosen to read the classic\, The Grapes of Wrath. February 29th\, T he Big Read of Fort Worth will kick off at the Tarrant Area Food Bank (you can find more information about this and other Big Read events by visitin g the Big Read Fort Worth website listed to the right). Many of our studen ts may struggle from financial hardships like the Joad family in the book\ , and we realize that a strong financial education can aid in making the m ost of these tough times. \n \nTuesday\, February 28th come hear speaker Al Godoy\, from First Command Educational Foundation followed by a demonst ration of Aztec's Financial Literacy software. \n \nPlease bring a canned food item for donation to theTarrant Area Food Bank. You will receive a fr ee copy of The Grapes of Wrath to participate in The Big Read. There will be a brief discussion on the book. If you would like to re-acquaint yourse lf with the book there is a discussion guide at The Big Read website liste d on the right. We will also have more than 600 books suitable for childre n and adults to give away so BYOB (bring your own bags). And as always\, r efreshments will be served.\n \n \nSincerely\,\nKathryn Thompson\nTarrant Literacy Coalition\n \n DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120228T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120228T160000 LOCATION:Baker Building at Texas Wesleyan University SUMMARY:Spread the Wealth with Steinbeck END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR