Brudders' Books Partners With Local Florist Shop & Foster Agency to Bring Kids Friendship
This might just go down as one of our favorite events to date. What an amazing team effort amongst three organizations who care about nothing more than bringing kids friendship and putting smiles on their faces!
It started with a simple “hey, we should partner” idea just a month prior between three acquaintances, arguably now good friends, in the Tampa Bay area. The talented Carol, owner of Blooming Flower Art in the beautiful Winthrop shopping center, Sarah Weaver with A Door of Hope Christian Foster Agency, and our very own K.A. Leigh, Brudders’ Books author and creator, met for coffee one day, all sharing the same goal - to help kids feel loved and give them a forever friend.
Caffeine was consumed and ideas started rolling, and before you know it, the February 11th event was formed. And not just one event that day, but four! We wanted to make sure all families had a time available to them that best fit their busy schedules.
The event took place on the beautiful brick-paved patio of the Blooming Flower Art flower shop in Winthrop. Brudders Valentine’s Day card crafts and coloring activities were all lined up on the tables for the kids to make their very own Valentines cards.
Next, storytime followed with a special, interactive book reading of Brudders Learns How to Make Friends by the author K.A. Leigh herself!
“I LOVED the engagement and how into the story the kids were. They were a great age group for the book in that I got to ask interactive questions to them about the underlying lessons learned from the story,” says Leigh. And boy did they all get it and LOVE it. “As an author, nothing beats that moment when you finish the story, then look up at the kids and ask them if they like it, and they all shout back with the most enthusiastic ‘YEAH!!’ That just completely fills my heart and makes it all worth it.”
To put the icing on the cake, Nothing Bundt Cakes donated a large assortment of their signature Bundtinis for the event, and we concluded with lots of book signings for the kids AND gift bags for the parents to take home as well.
We care about good hospitality, if you haven’t noticed. ;)
Nothing Bundt Cake Bundtinis Donation for Brudders’ Books Valentine’s event.
“Everyone kept asking us when the next event will be,” says K.A. Leigh laughing, “I guess that means it was a success, and we better start planning again real soon!”
If you were in the Tampa Bay area and able to make the event, we LOVED meeting you and your kiddos! Thanks so much for letting us be part of your day and making memories with your family.
Enjoy some pictures from the special day below!
Interested in having Brudders® at your next event or have ideas for your community? Send us an email at hellobrudders@bruddersbooks.com and let us know!
Until then…..Back into the woods we go!