Support Opening the World by shopping at Barnes & Noble in Corte Madera, CA. In an effort to raise funds for their community service and travel program for at-risk young adults, Opening the World is working together with Barnes & Noble Booksellers by hosting a Bookfair at the Corte Madera store, March 1-9, 2014.
Opening The World (OTW) was started in 2012 by Marriage and Family Therapist, Jeannine Curley, with support of a group of professionals that work with troubled youths in Marin County. OTW empowers and exposes at-risk young adults to experience a world outside of their own through volunteer and cultural experiences both in their community and abroad. Participants have experienced significant challenges in their lives, including poverty, educational problems, substance abuse and or lack of family support. Throughout the year, as a group, they raise funds in order to finance their trip and are also required to individually contribute a specified amount of money. During the summer of 2014, Opening The World will travel with 10 young adults to New Orleans to work with Project Homecoming to help rebuild a community that continues to be affected by Hurricane Katrina.
On February 23, 2014, OTW founder, Jeannine Curley, was among 51 international honorees of the 2014 Unsung Heroes of Compassion award and was acknowledged by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Unsung Hero awards are given only every four years; 2014 is the fourth occurrence of this event. More information about the New Unsung Heroes can be found at http://newunsungheroes.org.
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On March 1-9, 2014, Barnes & Noble will donate a percentage of every sale
made with a special Bookfair voucher to Opening the World! Vouchers will
be available online at Opening the World’s website www.Openingtheworldthroughtravel.org. Supporters can also use the Bookfair Voucher # 11316684 in any Barnes & Noble across the country to benefit Opening the World.
Opening the World will host a special Author Discussion at Barnes & Noble Corte Madera on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at 2pm. The event, “The Mommy Brain: Three Brainy Mothers Tell Stories of Critical Thinking,” will feature local authors Katherine Ellison (Square Peg: My Story and What It Means for Raising Innovators, Visionaries, and Out-of-the-Box Thinkers, The Mommy Brain, and Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention), Susan Freinkel (Plastic: A Toxic Love Story and American Chestnut), and Katie Hafner (Mother Daughter Me, Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet, and Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier). Ellison, Freinkel, and Hafner will share from their books and discuss how they've coped with some surprising challenges of motherhood, using resources familiar to anyone who has had to quell a tantrum in a crowded restaurant or deal with a difficult teenager. This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome to attend.
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Please help support Opening the World by shopping at Barnes & Noble Corte Madera, 313 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, CA 94925 on March 1-9, 2014, with a Bookfair voucher. For more information, contact Laurel Kidd, Community Relations Manager for Barnes & Noble Corte Madera at crm2274@bn.com. Follow Barnes & Noble Corte Madera’s news and events on Twitter @CorteMaderaBN.
