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Article: Pi Beta Phi Raises $125,000 for First Book to Provide 50,000 New Books to Children in Need
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- March 2, 2007
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To: FAMILY EDITORS
Contact: Beth Bingham of First Book, +1-202-639-0147,
bbingham@firstbook.org, or Karen Chevalier of Pi Beta Phi, +1-703-
627-7821, gvpcom@pibetaphi.org
WASHINGTON, March 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pi Beta Phi, a
national women's fraternity, today announced the donation of $125,000
to First Book(R), a nonprofit organization that provides new books to
children from low-income families. The funds were donated by Pi Beta
Phi collegiate and alumnae members, friends and families during a six-
week long First Book Virtual Book Drive, a branded online initiative,
that culminated on the 50th birthday of the classic children's book,
The Cat in the Hat. The contribution will ...