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Every March, the Adult Reading Center holds the Red Hat Literacy Luncheon, an event that celebrates the community's enthusiasm in developing better reading skills. Guest speakers and a remarkable lunch help make the luncheon a success. All you need to do to be a part of this marvelous event is make a donation! View the different levels of sponsorship to decide which one best fits you and see who contributed to our latest Red Hat Literacy Luncheon.

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The 7th Annual Red Hat Literacy Luncheon will be held on Thursday, March 25th, at 11:00 a.m. at Epiphany Lutheran Church, 5515 W. Broadway, Pearland. Doors open and silent auction begins at 10:30. Tickets are $40 for general seating and $50 for Literacy Patrons (preferred seating) and will go on sale at 9:00 am on March 1st. Featured speaker will be Former First Lady of Houston Andrea White. Returning as Mistress of Ceremonies is ABC Channel 13 anchor Elissa Rivas.

Sponsorships are still available. Call Dale Pillow or Rebekah McAdams at 281.485.1000.

Andrea White wears many hats--wife, mother, author, friend, blogger, education and community activist, and P.S., which is short for Passionate Supporter. The initials, P.S., continue to take on new meaning for Andrea, most recently asking others to Please Support her husband, Bill, as he pursues State office as Governor of Texas. Andrea and Bill have been married for 25 years and have three children, a son freshly graduated from Wake Forest now working on his dad’s campaign, a daughter majoring in Energy Studies at Rice University and a high school-aged son who is an avid and passionate basketball player. When Andrea is not working hard making sure that kids are reading, she’s writing books for them. While in her mid-40s, Andrea embarked on a new career as a writer, something she had thought about since childhood. Her four books have all been published during the six years Bill was Mayor of Houston. The books include her journal of public life, P.S. Passionate Supporter and Political Spouse, as well as three young-adult historical fiction titles. (Surviving Antarctica, Window Boy and Radiant Girl) Andrea won a Golden Spur award for her first book, Surviving Antarctica. Window Boy was short-listed for the Cyril Prize. Before Andrea was a published author and a P.S., she practiced law and was one of the first female partners at a major Texas law firm. She received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas. Andrea invites readers to visit her blog at www.passionatesupporter.com.   

Looking for some good books? A Wine & Cheese Preview Night at SpringHill Suites Hotel located at 1820 Country Place Parkway (C.R. 94) at Highway 288, Pearland, from 5:00 to 8:30 pm on Friday, September 18th, offers book lovers a first look at over 20,000 books available for purchase at the 11th Annual Used Book Sale benefiting the Adult Reading Center. Tickets for this event are $10 and may be purchased at the Center, 2246 N. Washington Avenue, Pearland. 

This preview event gives avid readers and collectors first choice of a wide variety of new and gently used books including children’s books, current edition hardbacks (both fiction and non-fiction), biographies, and paperbacks. Sponsors for the Preview Night include A & A Cleaning, Best Coupons, and SpringHill Suites-Pearland.

The book sale will be open to the public on Saturday, September 19th, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Saturday afternoon from 3:00 to 5:00 pm, books can be purchased by the bag at $5 per bag. All proceeds from this event are used to provide free tutoring to adults with low English literacy skills. For more information, call 281-485-1000.