Official Twestival Volunteers who are donating their talents to the cause. Look for these people at the Clinton Library tonight because they will make you famous.
iPhone Picture Tweep(s): All
High Dollar Camera Tweep: @jgreghenderson
Door Tweep(s): @angelmg & @tsudo
Social Media Help Desk Tweep(s): @angelmg & everybody else
Thanks guys and gals!
We’d like to thank these news organizations for helping us get the word out about Little Rock Twestival.
Twestival to Raise Money for Reach Out and Read Arkansas by Monika Rued (@monikarued) of TodaysTHV
Helping Early Childhood Literacy by KARK
International Ink: Paper Trails by Linda Caillouet of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette
and we even got a mention in the London Telegraph
Twestival: Improving the world with Social Networks by Andrew Keen (@ajkeen) of the Telegraph.co.uk
UPDATE: More international coverage from Sky News
Tomorrow is a big day because it is time for Blog for Books!
Blog for Books Friday is the day that we want to see the power of social media harnessed for good. LRTweetup wants every member with a blog (i.e. WordPress, tumblog, posterous, whatever) to Blog for Books in honor of Reach Out & Read Arkansas.
We want you to tell the world about your favorite children’s book.
Be creative! Inspire them to discuss their favorite children’s book too. We’ve all got one. Honestly, we can’t wait to read everyone’s post about the book you love.
Please be sure to link up to http://littlerock.twestival.com or http://lrtweetup.com so your readers can learn about Reach Out and Read Arkansas and can join in the twestival fun.
Let’s celebrate the books that made us readers.
Let’s celebrate the gift of literacy.
Remember that we are all doing this to create awareness for Reach Out & Read Arkansas.
We know some of you won’t be able to attend Twestival on Sept 10 but you can still join our cause and help raise money for Reach Out and Read Arkansas. Just click the donate button below if you’ d like to make a contribution to RORA.
Don’t forget we have lot’s of other ways for you to get involved.
Twestival 2009 is a week away and it’s time to get the word out. LRTweetup is the most connected community in central Arkansas so let’s get busy. Here are a few ways you can help.
Attend Twestival – Purchase your tickets online and make plans to come down next Thursday night. (If you can’t attend we will have donation links up soon)
Collect Books – RORA needs books that are suitable for children age 5 and younger. There is a great need for “Board Books”
Follow @GiveBooksAR – RORA has joined Twitter and we want to give them a warm LRTweetup welcome. Give them a follow and say Hi.
Tweet about Twestival – Spread the word on Twitter. You can click here to tweet your support and make sure to include #twestival #LRTweetup at the end of any related tweets so the we (and the world) can keep track of the conversation.
Change your Twitter Avatar – Add the cool Little Rock twestival image to your Twitter avatar. Just visit http://twibbon.com/join/Reach-Out-and-Read-Arkansas
Change your Twitter Background – We’ve got a great twitter background image and we like sharing. You can see the background in action at @LRTweetup. Download image (in case you are picky the sidebar color is #98D4F2)
Join the Cause on Facebook – We’ve created a cause on Facebook to support Reach Out and Read Arkansas
Print and Distribute our Twestival Flyer
Don’t forget about Blog for Books Friday tomorrow! We’ll have more info up later today.
What’s so important about getting involved with Reach out and Read Arkansas?
Imagine a family never having money for frivolous things like books when they are trying to feed little mouths.
In fact you don’t have to imagine. Here are the facts:
-In Arkansas 56% of adults read at a 4th grade level.
-50% of our children are not prepared for kindergarten.
Imagine you can do something to change this sobering reality. You can!
You can join us in supporting Reach out and Read Arkansas. 
Reach Out and Read Arkansas (RORA) is on the front lines fighting early childhood illiteracy. RORA works with pediatricians to inform parents of the importance of reading and provides books to these families.
RORA is doing a great job but they need your help.
One of the ways you can join the cause is to attend the first annual LRTweetup Twestival and support Reach out and Read Arkansas. $10 bucks and book (at least 1) gets you in the door.
The event will be held Thursday Sept 10, starting at 5:30P at the Clinton Presidential Library.
You can purchase tickets online and get all the details at LRTweetup.com/twestival
