Bernie’s Book Bank will be featured on the Ruth Fell Wander Community Art Wall at First Bank of Highland Park throughout the month of December 2015. Bernie’s Book Bank provides quality new and gently used books for at-risk children throughout Chicagoland. The exhibit, which will remain open to the community during First Bank of Highland […]
Bernie’s Book Bank founder and executive director Brian Floriani has come a long way since running golf schools in Lake Tahoe and West Palm Beach. Floriani launched Bernie’s Book Bank just over five years ago in honor of his father, Dr. Bernard P. Floriani, or “Bernie,” who passed suddenly 10 years ago. Bernie’s parents were […]
Voting for the 10th District Leadership Awards has been extended to noon on Monday, Nov. 9, for a contest organized by the office of U.S. Congressman Robert Dold (R-10). Nominations were solicited throughout the month. Of the 10 finalists for the various awards, four are from North Shore communities. They include: Marcia Tazioli, a finalist […]
Walking into school and seeing a truck with the Bernie’s Book Bank logo means one thing for children living in at-risk communities throughout Chicagoland, another six months of reading. The bridge between where unused, quality books are, and where they need to be is filled by Bernie’s Book Bank. Bernie’s Book Bank collects, processes, and […]
Thousands of children in and around the Chicagoland area have been gifted with the power of literacy with the help of Niles Township and its surrounding North Shore communities. More than 15,000 books were collected during the Books for All Children initiative which first launched July 13 and lasted through Aug. 3, according to Public […]
Food, music and fun activities brought out hundreds of people to the 10th annual Community Days event in North Chicago over the weekend. “It’s about fellowship,” Rockingham said. “This is a way we show our unity.” On Saturday, Rockingham didn’t miss a step while dancing to the Cupid Shuffle on the stage. “To the left, […]
A real estate group will host a Children’s book drive this month to support Bernie’s Book Bank, which provides books to low-income families. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group in Lake Forest will host the drive from June 6-13 at their office at 778 N. Western Ave. in Lake Forest, according to a community post on […]
The 4th Annual Books Lovers’ Lunch North Shore was Bernie’s Book Bank biggest and most successful yet. The lunch took place Friday, May 1, 2015, at Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park. Nearly 250 guests attended this SOLD OUT event, featuring Allison Pataki, bestselling author of The Traitor’s Wife and her latest work, The Accidental […]
Chicago author Allison Pataki cannot be slowed down. Regarded as a “force in historical fiction,” this New York Times best-selling author published her first two novels within a year of each other, and has already begun to tackle her next, highly anticipated project, a sequel to “The Accidental Empress.” Marrying history and fiction in an […]