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Ready, Set, Social Distancing in Davidson: Week 23
E2D has been changing lives since 2013 – providing laptops to families and students in need. This photo is from a Pre-COVID laptop distribution event.
Friday
Give Back Friday @ Summit Coffee Co.
Aug 21 @ All Day
This Friday, Summit Coffee’s Davidson Basecamp location is proud to cap-off a week of back-to-school celebrations with a Give Back Friday initiative, giving a portion of sales throughout the day to our good friends at E2D.
The mission of E2D is to ensure that all students have affordable access to essential at-home technology and digital literacy training to support academic success and prepare students for college, careers, and beyond. E2D was founded in 2013 with a 12 year-old Franny Millen as the driving force. She recognized in her classroom and in her school the social inequity between those with computers and internet access and those without it. Since 2013, E2D has partnered with 140 schools and helped to eliminate the digital divide for more than 12,000 families.
In 2015, the National League of Cities, Next Centeruty Cities, and Google Fiber recognized E2D as “The Most Innovative Digital Inclusion” program in the US. More recently The Center for Digital Inclusion recognized E2D as one of the “Top 30 Technologists, Transformers, and Trailblazers.
If you have the means, please consider donating.
Saturday
Davidson Farmers Market
Aug 22 @ 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Downtown Davidson – see the full article about all the offerings at this
Moving Stories with Camerin
August 22 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Watch and dance along with Moving Stories with Camerin LIVE on Instagram. Our Instagram handle is @mainstreetbooksdavidson Camerin teaches with Brain Dance movements and encourages kids to move to the story that she reads each week.
Monday
Family Storytime (Virtual)
August 24 @ 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Join us virtually on zoom with your family (ages birth to 5) to enjoy stories, songs, and movement activities that support early literacy skill development and help foster a love of books and reading in your child. In order to attend this program, you will need to provide a valid email address at registration. Instructions and links to join the program will be provided 1 day before the program begins.
Other Info: In order to attend this program, you will need to provide a valid email address at registration. Instructions and links to join the program will be provided 1 day before the program begins.
Tuesday
Virtual Town Board Meeting
August 25 @ 6:00 pm – TBD
The monthly Town Board Meeting will be held via Zoom. The meeting may also be watched on the Town’s YouTube page.
Wednesday
Tunes & Tales with Jamie
August 26 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Watch & sing along with Tunes & Tales with Jamie LIVE on Instagram. Our Instagram handle is @mainstreetbooksdavidson
Jamie brings her ukulele and her puppet, Junior, to sing and read books. She’s basically our very own Mr. Rogers.
History and Historical Fiction Book Club (Virtual)
August 26 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Join us this month to discuss your favorite books from this year and offer suggestions for books for this fall. Sign up online with a valid email address by 5:00 pm the day before the meeting. A link to the meeting will be emailed to you.
Contact Name: Nancy Lingle
Contact Email: [email protected]
Thursday
Creating with Books: Preschool Storytime (Virtual) Dragons!
August 27 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Join us virtually on Zoom with your preschooler to share fun stories, songs and activities all about dragons! This month’s featured book is “You Don’t Want A Dragon!” by Ame Dyckman. For ages 3 and up. You will receive a small list via email of supplies to gather to participate in this activity. We will be making dragon breathers and dragon eggs! In order to attend this program, you will need to provide a valid email address at registration. Instructions and links to join the program will be emailed 1 day before the event.
Presenter:
Nicole Dunn
Reader Meet Writer: The Good Luck Stone with Heather Bell Adams
August 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join Heather Bell Adams as she discusses her new novel, The Good Luck Stone — the gripping story of long-held secrets against a backdrop of war, friendship, and memory. Shifting between the jungles of the Philippines during World War II and the gracious neighborhoods of modern-day Savannah, Adams’s story will carry you in its tide.
Register here for the free virtual event; book purchase option included!
Trivia Night at Summit Coffee
August 27
Summit Coffee Co. or online
How are you spending your Thursday night? We have an idea: Play trivia with us!
Two ways to play, in-person or online!
If you play in person, we ask that you sign up in advance so we can make sure your team’s table is distant from other teams + ready for you when you arrive! Sign up through this link: https://forms.gle/QJVH6bsedNJRZrdg7
If you’re playing from your home, you can sign up here by 5pm: https://summitcoffee.com/at-home-trivia and we will send you the questions early this evening.