GO GREEN! with NY Jets D’Brickashaw Ferguson
April 8, 2015 (Holmdel, NJ) – GO
GREEN! with New York Jets’ D’Brickashaw Ferguson as he joins the Bridge of
Books Foundation and the New Jersey Youth Corps for an Earth Day Celebration on
Saturday, April 25 at The Jersey Explorer Children’s Museum.
GO GREEN! focuses on the three R’s:
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and features fun activities for the whole
family. Crafts, games, gardening,
exhibits and recycling demonstrations will take place from 10 am until 3
pm.
Ferguson, left tackle for the New
York Jets, will join the celebration at 1:30 PM to read from his children’s
book Brick's Way Go Green!. Free
copies of Brick’s Way Go Green! will
be distributed to all children in attendance throughout the day. Attendees are invited to bring gently used
children’s books for donation to the Bridge of Books Foundation and take part
in a Book Swap, selecting children’s books to take home.
“I am
grateful to D’Brickashaw Ferguson for his generosity in supporting our cause,”
said Abigail Daly, Bridge of Books Foundation Founder and Executive
Director. “Access to books is the single
biggest barrier to literacy development in the United States. In many towns throughout New Jersey, there are
homes that have only one or two books. At
Bridge of Books, we believe every child has the right to own a book. Our goal is to distribute 1 million books by
2020.”
“We are
excited to partner with the Bridge of Books Foundation for this Earth Day
Celebration,” said Gary Patnosh, from the NJ Youth Corps and The Jersey
Explorer Children’s Museum. “We support
their mission and believe that literacy opens the door to greater
opportunities. In addition to providing thousands of children with an
interactive and educational experience at the museum, the NJ Youth Corps welcomes
the opportunity to send every child home with books from the Bridge of Books
Foundation.”
Founded in 2003, Bridge of Books
Foundation works to provide an ongoing source of books to underprivileged and
at-risk children throughout New Jersey.
Located in Holmdel, NJ, the Foundation has facilitated the distribution
of almost half a million books in order to support literacy skills and
encourage a love of reading. Visit www.bridgeofbooksfoundation.org
for more information.
The Jersey Explorer Children's
Museum is a project of the New Jersey Youth Corps at New Jersey City
University. Built and staffed by young
adults from the Youth Corps, the museum provides academic and vocational opportunities
to these at-risk young adults and educational enrichment to the thousands of
children who visit. The Jersey Explorer
Children’s Museum is located at 192 Dodd Street, East Orange, www.jerseyexplorer.org.
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