The 2008 One Book One Bettendorf selection is This I Believe, a collection of essays by people from all walks of life.
While Bettendorf’s direct participation in the This I Believe project ended with the close of our One Book, One Bettendorf project,
the national This I Believe project goes on. The Bettendorf Public Library, WVIK and the Quad-City Times are now encouraging
everyone to submit essays to www.thisibelieve.org. WVIK and the Quad-City Times are planning on monitoring that web site,
and will choose essays from local writers for broadcast on WVIK and publication in the Times.
Our thanks to all our essayists. If you are still interested in acquiring a copy of “This I Believe”, contact the Bettendorf Public Library at 563-344-4179 or info@bettendorflibrary.com.
Essay Writing Tips
Our thanks to the One Book, One Bettendorf's
This I Believe is sponsored by Supporters
of One Book, One Bettendorf: Alcoa, Alcoa Employees and Community Credit Union,
American Bank and Trust, Asbury United Methodist Church, Bettendorf Chamber
of Commerce, Bettendorf Community Schools, Bettendorf News, City Administrator
of Bettendorf, Family Museum of Arts and Science, Happy Joe’s, Human Resources
of the City of Bettendorf, Legal Department of the City of Bettendorf, Mayor
Michael Freemire, City of Bettendorf, Pleasant Valley Schools, Quad City Bank
and Trust, Quad City Times, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Rivermont Collegiate,
Schnuck’s, Scott County Regional Authority, St. John Vianney Church, Simply
State Communications, St. Peters Episcopal Church, The Leader/Dispatch/Argus,
Unitarian Church, United Way of the Quad Cities Area, WVIK Public Radio
We invite you to contribute to this project by writing and submitting your own statement of personal belief.
To guide you through this process, we offer these suggestions:
for hosting online submission of essays.
