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Songs Of Sandy Launch Raises $650 and Brings Poets Together For A Good Cause

1/26/2013

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We here at Local Gems Poetry Press have always felt that poetry is about more than just words—it is about community and bringing writers together for a purpose. As this is a core part of our belief, we are very proud to say we took part in an event last Saturday that brought poets together for the sake of Sandy relief efforts.

As many of you know already Local Gems Poetry Press frequently partners with and acts as the printer for the Bards Initiative—a Long Island based poetry organization very into poetic-activism. Their latest project, “Songs of Sandy” Poetry Concerning Hurricane Sandy and Other Natural Disasters had its launch event at the Walt Whitman Birthplace on January 19th, 2013 and saw amazing success. This article written by George Wallace at the Huntington Patch covers a good deal of the details.

http://huntington.patch.com/articles/songs-of-sandy-anthology-brings-crowd-to-whitman-house#photo-13027343


75 people came out for the reading and $650 dollars was raised for relief efforts for Sandy. Patrons commented on the event:

“This was an extremely successful event and I enjoyed every moment of the beautiful poetry.”
~ Jeremy Williams

“Such a great and worthy event.”
~Maria Manobianco

“A great night full of ebullience, unity and compassion.”
~Ed Stever

“Incredible seeing everyone come together for a common cause. I am so blessed and gifted to be a part of this awesome community.”
~ Steven T. Licardi

Anyone still interested in buying the book can do so here. 100% of the funds from the sale of this book now and always will be donated to Sandy Relief.


http://www.amazon.com/Songs-Of-Sandy-BardsInitiative/dp/1481075160/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358850288&sr=8-1&keywords=songs+of+sandy
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