F. Scott’s Restaurant and Jazz Bar in Green Hills hosted Dine Out for Book’em on Wednesday, July 8 in support of local nonprofit children’s literacy organization Book’em.
As part of the event, F. Scott’s donated a portion of all food sales to the literacy organization. BooneDocks Distribution, LLC, also sponsored the event. Attendees brought new books to donate to Book’em and enjoyed live music during the evening.
Photo 1: (left to right) Joe Tatum and Book’em board member, Jessica Tatum.
Photo 2: (left to right) Book’em board member Tonya Horton with friends Scott House and Steve Smotherman.
Photo 3: (left to right) Kia Bahner, Book’em board member Reba Holmes, and Suzanne Busby sit down to dinner.
Photo 4: (left to right) Ken and Ann King at Dine Out for Book’em.
Photo 5: Event Chair Kristi Gillis and Book’em CEO Melissa Spradlin present F. Scott’s proprietor Wendy Burch with a certificate naming the restaurant and jazz bar an official “friend of Book’em.”
About Book’em:
Book’em is a local, nonprofit, children’s literacy organization focusing on two core areas: providing volunteer readers to local preschools and elementary schools, and collecting and distributing new books to children and teens in lower-income families who might not otherwise have books of their own. The organization’s mission is to inspire a love of books and reading in all children. Programs include Reading is Fundamental (RIF), Ready for Reading and The Dorothy Goldstein Memorial Library Without Walls. For more information please visit www.bookem-kids.org.
