WriteOn Joliet participated in its very first Kidz Fest in downtown Joliet on Saturday and our booth did extremely well.
We gave away nearly ninety locally authored books for children and adults. All but five books were gone by 11:40 a.m. And the last book left our table at 12:10 p.m., three hours before the event ended.
Colleen Robbins and Dale Hansen did a terrific job of pairing people's interests with just the right books to take home. And people were excited to take home books.
We also gave away approximately one hundred bookmarks people could color at home.
We distributed eighty-five special subscription offers to The Herald-News in Joliet.
We gave away word finds and crossword puzzles based on some of the books.
And our word blocks were hugely successful, especially after the books disappeared. Kids and adults enjoyed manipulating our 48 double-sided blocks (so 96 words in all) to create fun sentences and simple short stories.
Two parents asked where we bought them. Well, we didn't buy them. We invented them!
Four of the five volunteers wore their WriteOn Joliet T-shirts that Jasmine made for us prior to the event. We had an extra shirt (because I'd made a mistake in sizing) and quite a few people wanted to buy it.
We actually did finally sell it. And for those interested in shirts, we did direct them to The Book Market in Crest Hill, where the BryonySeries is also selling hand-dyed tie dyed shirts.
But seriously.
You just can't miss the jubilance in Mauverneen Blevins' face (last photo on this post) after the last book found its happy home.
This was totally worth the five hours of hanging out in one hundred degree heat with one hundred degree humidity.
Well, maybe Rebekah, who helped the entire five hours, didn't think so. But I did treat her to ice cream afterwards. So that helped.
Sooooooo looking forward to next year!
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