The 2008 One Book One Bettendorf selection is This I Believe, a collection of essays by people from all walks of life.
Events
(all events take place at the Bettendorf Public
Library, 2950 Learning Campus Dr, unless otherwise indicated)
Friday, April 4, 10:00 a.m.: Jay Allison and Dan Gediman will attend a public open house at WVIK, 639 38th Street
Rock Island, IL at 10:00 am on April 4th.
Friday, April 4, 2:00 - 4:00: Vida Luth will facilitate this session on how to write your own This I Believe essay for the One Book, One Bettendorf: This I Believe project.
Click here to register.
Monday, April 7, 1:00 - 3:00: Vida Luth will facilitate this session on how to write your own This I Believe essay for the One Book, One Bettendorf: This I Believe project.
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Monday, April 7, 6:30 - 8:30: Shawn Rice will facilitate this session on how to write your own This I Believe essay for the One Book, One Bettendorf: This I Believe project.
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Monday, April 14, 6:30 - 8:30: Gwen Pokora will facilitate this session on how to write your own This I Believe essay for the One Book, One Bettendorf: This I Believe project.
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Submitting Your Essay
Please put your full name, your phone number and your email address (if you have one) on your submission.
These are for verification purposes only. Your phone number and email address will not be listed on the
display or published in the newspaper or on the web site.
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
Thursday, April 3, 1:30 and 7:00 p.m.: Meet Jay Allison
and Dan Gediman, editors of This I Believe. Dan and Jay will present a program on the essays for Senior
Day at 1:30 p.m. and conduct a public reading of essays written
by members of our community at 7:00 p.m.
Essays submitted by March 1 will be on display at the
Library. Additionally, your essay will be posted on our web site, and may be reprinted in the Quad City Times or broadcast on WVIK radio.
Click here to submit your essay online. Essays can also be submitted to the
Bettendorf Public Library at 2950 Learning Campus Drive.
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.
