A good speaker, a worthy cause

PEORIA -- This should be fun!  The news release:  

LOOK. IT’S MY BOOK!  To Hold Fund Raiser Featuring Chicago crime author David Heinzmann  

The not-for-profit organization Look. It’s My Book! is holding a gala fund raiser with dinner, music and literary entertainment beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 12 at the Mt. Hawley Country Club, 7724 N. Knoxville, Peoria.  

The event, which is open to the public, costs $55 per person, with reservations due by June 5 to Susan Davis, 563 E. High Point Road, Peoria, IL 61614. 

Chicago Tribune journalist and suspense author David Heinzmann (http://davidheinzmann.com/) will speak.

His novel, A Word to the Wise, has been praised as revealing “the inside scoop” on Chicago as he “uses the cover of fiction to reveal some dark truths, in this unsettling and revealing journey through the inner-workings of the Windy City.”  He’s also a Metamora native, and has been interviewed numerous times about this book on national media outlets. It will be for sale at the event.  

Look. It’s My Book! is committed to providing six new books each year to every Peoria School District pupil in kindergarten through fourth grade.

Children select the books with Look It’s My Book! from a list vetted by Accelerated Reader, a program used by District 150.  Research shows that the only way to get children to read more is to make it fun for them, while at the same time a child’s reading skills and school performance improve if there are books in the home.

For further information visit the website www.lookitsmybook.org or call 309/691-9266 or email janeteroth@yahoo.com.  Contributions to Look. It’s My Book!  are tax deductible.