This holiday season, Barnes & Noble Tribeca is once again supporting the Brooke Jackman Foundation as the beneficiary of its upcoming Bookfair, December 7-9.

There are two ways to shop at Barnes & Noble during the Bookfair to benefit the Foundation:

Make your purchase at BN.com December 7-9 On payment page, scroll to the bottom and choose “Check this box if it is a Bookfair order” and use Bookfair code 10956068. (If signed in to your BN.com account you may need to click “Change” on the Payment section and then scroll to bottom.)

Shop at B&N Tribeca December 7-9 Bring our special voucher (Download), or just mention “Bookfair” at the register.

You can also support the Foundation through the B&N Tribeca Holiday Book Drive Now through Jan. 1, customers are encouraged to buy a book at B&N Tribeca and donate it to the Foundation. (You can also bring in books to donate.)

A Gift for A Gift, Halloween Costume & Decoration Sale

In honor of the 11th Anniversary of September 11th we ask all that are able to please make an additional $11 donation (ANY ADDITIONAL DONATIONS ACCEPTED WITH MUCH GRATITUDE)

ALL ITEMS $5.00 (With the exception of a few spectacular costumes/decorations)

OCTOBER 20th & 21st, 2012 SATURDAY 11 AM – 5 PM SUNDAY 10 AM – 5 PM

All proceeds are donated to The Brooke Jackman Foundation Promoting Literacy for children.

Sheridan Lane, Sea Cliff (OFF PROSPECT AVE.) (Please No Parking on Sheridan Ln. Please Park on Neighboring Streets) For questions contact Melisa @516-805-2895

PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD With family and friends

Costumes make great party favors & party themes!

The Brooke Jackman 2012 Gala Save the date for 10-11-12

Summer vacation season is here, but we’re definitely not taking any time off – the Brooke Jackman Foundation is currently in the midst of preparing for our biggest and best annual fundraising gala yet!

This year’s event will be held at the Mandarin Oriental on October 11, 2012. There will a tasting of delicious treats from some of our favorite restaurants around the city, a bevy of beverages to quench your thirst and an array of highly sought-after auction items to bid on.

Click here to buy your ticket, become a sponsor or buy an ad in our event journal.

Readathon

For the third year, the Brooke Jackman Foundation will be inspiring families through literacy with its annual public Read-a-thon. This is a free event for all ages that celebrates the positive, transformative power of literacy. An array of guest readers will bring the words on the pages to life as New York area children, their families and the community gather for an afternoon of books and bonding.

The Brooke Jackman Race for Literacy Returned to Oyster Bay on Saturday, May 19

With each determined step, the runners in the 7th Annual Brooke Jackman Race for Literacy 5K Run/ Walk raised money to support literacy for at-risk children on Saturday, May 19 in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The 3.1-mile race, a USA Track & Field-certified course, ran along scenic roads of Oyster Bay, Mill Neck and Upper Brookville, and was professionally timed by Tri and Du It Multisport using the Mylaps Pro Chip Transponder timing system. For the past seven years, hundreds of runners have donned their sneakers to raise money for the Brooke Jackman Foundation, the non-profit organization created by the Oyster Bay-based Jackman family that promotes literacy for underserved children in the greater New York area. For results click here.

The Brooke Jackman Foundation Teamed up With NY Metro Parents for Books For Our School Program

Throughout March and April, all of the loyal supporters of the Brooke Jackman Foundation cast their votes to win thousands of books for their children’s schools in the “Books 4 Our School” challenge-and now the winners are finally in!

Long Island tops the list with six winning schools, while Queens garnered three winners and Manhattan, Brooklyn, Westchester and Connecticut each had two winning schools. A full list of the 20 winning educational institutions of “Books 4 Our School” can be found below:

Lee F. Jackson School	White Plains	Westchester
Setauket Elementary School	East Setauket	Long Island
PS/MS 114 – Belle Harbor School	Belle Harbor	Queens
Easter Seals Project Explore	Valhalla	Westchester
Norwood Elementary School	Port Jefferson Station	Long Island
Wake-Eden Christian Academy	Edenwald	Bronx
Upper Nyack Elementary School	Upper Nyack	Rockland
PS 139 – The Rego Park School	Rego Park	Queens
PS 314 – Muscota New School	Inwood	Manhattan
PS 144Q	Forest Hills	Queens
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Regional School	Bellmore	Long Island
PS 84 – Jose DeDiego School	Williamsburg	Brooklyn
PS 15 – The Patrick Daly School	Red Hook	Brooklyn
Mrs. Bee’s Learn & Play, LLC	Stamford	Connecticut
PS 115Q Glen Oaks School	Floral Park	Long Island
PS 290 Manhattan New School	Upper East Side	Manhattan
A Child’s Garden	Fairfield	Connecticut
Thiells Elementary School	Thiells
William O. Schaefer Elementary	Tappan	New York
Paul J. Bellew Elementary School	West Islip	Long Island

As more and more school systems throughout the metropolitan New York area are facing budget cuts, with the possibility of losing the vital educational resources that their students need to succeed, the Brooke Jackman Foundation teamed up with NYMetroParents to give area schools a solution that will stock school libraries with thousands of books, while encouraging parents to showcase their support for literacy.

Parents throughout New York City, Long Island, Westchester and Connecticut realized they needed to take matters into their own hands and rallied to advocate for their children’s education. Each of these 20 winning schools will receive 75-100 brand new books for their libraries!

To ensure that we can continue to provide engaging community initiatives and supplying much needed school supplies to our area’s underserved children, please consider donating to the Brooke Jackman Foundation today!

Barnes & Noble Book Drive – Tribeca (Manhattan)

Through January 1, 2012, books that were purchased or donated through this store were distributed directly to the children in our many Brooke Jackman Foundation literacy programs as holiday presents. These gifts were received by children in underserved communities in and around the New York area who have been victims of domestic violence, are living in homeless shelters or are a part of our other programs.

Winter Garden at the World Financial Center – December 9-11 When Santa checked his list to see who was nice last year, the Brooke Jackman Foundation was right on top! To help us celebrate the season, Santa read books to children and posed for photos, in the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center during a three-day celebration. From Friday, December 9, through Sunday, December 11, Santa brought his elves along for his annual stay at Santa’s Winter Garden, posing for photos with kids and listening to their Christmas wish lists.

The Brooke Jackman Foundation Tenth Annual Cocktail Reception and Auction

The Brooke Jackman Foundation organized its Tenth Annual Cocktail Reception and Auction on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at The New York Palace Hotel. The event included food tastings from well-known chefs and lively music. Amazing silent and live auctions took place, including bids for trips, jewelry, golf courses, sports and theatre tickets and fine dining, just to name a few. The evening also payed tribute to our founder Bob Jackman. In memory of his leadership and guiding force, the newly established Freedom Award was presented to a true leader, Daniel Keating, Chief Operating Officer of Samuel A. Ramirez & Co, Inc.

The Brooke Jackman Foundation’s 2011 Read-a-thon, Saturday, September 10, 2011

In commemoration of 9/11 and its own 10th anniversary, the Brooke Jackman Foundation held its second annual Brooke Jackman Foundation Read-a-thon – a Celebration of Literacy and Hope on Saturday, September 10, 2011, at the Winter Garden in the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan. The free event was hosted by Arts World Financial Center (www.artsworldfinancialcenter.com), and celebrated the positive, transformative power of literacy.