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We are beyond thrilled to update you that we have secured a $9,500 donation from the Talking Rain Beverage Co., makers of Sparkling Ice, in order to donate 20 brand new GIANT Word Winders to the Chicago Public Library. These GIANT Word Winders will be used during the "Super Explorers Set a World Record: The Largest Playable Word Winder Board" on Sunday, July 16. This event is a Guinness World Record setting attempt and will feature library patrons from across Chicago. The games used during the event will afterwards find homes in 20 branches of the Chicago Public library where they will be utilized for various programming and community engagement. The David L. Hoyt Education Foundation thanks the Talking Rain Beverage Co. for their generous donation to our foundation and for helping support and champion literacy in the city of Chicago.
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We are really excited to announce that we have won an Acting Up Award of $2,500 from the Chicago Community Trust in order to execute our community driven project , Word Play Way, in our neighborhood! You can find out more about it here.
The David L. Hoyt Education Foundation, in partnership with the Chicago Public Library and Word Winder Inc. , is gearing up to set a Guinness World Record for the Largest Playable Word Winder Board. The record setting attempt is a part of the CPL's award winning "Rahm's Readers Summer Learning Challenge" and will feature kids from around Chicago. This year the theme for the summer program is Superheroes and what better way is there to show off your superpowers than by setting a World Record? In order to set the record we are arranging 20 sets of the GIANT Word Winder game in order to create one GIANT [Giant] Word Winder Board and play Word Winder Sprint! We will play several rounds until we narrow down our winner! The GIANT Word Winders which will be used during this event, and afterwards find home in various CPL branches, were purchased through the David L. Hoyt Education Foundation due to an extremely generous $9,500 donation from the Talking Rain Beverage Co. (the makers of Sparkling Ice). With their kind donation we are one step closer to our goal of securing a GIANT Word Winder for every CPL branch. The World Record-Setting Attempt will take place on Sunday, July 16 at the Harold Washington Library in the Winter Garden starting at 1:30 PM. There will be activities and entertainment stationed throughout the space, as well as the newly-renovated Children's Library. See the schedule below. Schedule for Sunday July 16th 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Cape Making- in the Children's Library on the 2nd floor 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Welcome/Game Play- Winter Garden (WG) 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM Music/Activity Break- WG 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM Game Play-WG 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Music/Activity Break-WG 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM More game play/ activities/closing remarks-WG For questions and details about the event or information about the games please contact our Executive Director Claire Haasl at claire@davidlhoytfoundation.org
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