Prize Money Sponsor
Federal Business Centers

Other Sponsors
Edison Board of Education, Richard O’Malley, Superintendent
The Wilner Family
Jessica Levin, President, Seven Degrees Communications
Open Road BMW
Edison Girl Scout Troop #80851 and Enid Weiss
Fords Jewelers
Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan
Assemblyman Pete Barnes
La Bonbonniere Bake Shoppe
Costco Wholesale Warehouse, Edison

We’d also like to thank:

Gail Pawlikowski, Principal, J.P. Stevens High School
Steve Anthony, J.P. Stevens Facility Manager, and his staff
Darlene Rich and J.P. Stevens Theater Group
Officers Greg Spath, Sean Goldmann and Edison Auxiliary Police
The J.P. Stevens High School Cheerleaders (Coach Marissa Simoes): Brittany Bologna, Alyssa Doctor, Marie Julien, Danielle Kozlosky
Rosemary Simmons and teens from the Interact and Red Cross clubs at Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies

and…

All of the wonderful Friends volunteers (over 40 of them!)

Division 1 (grades 2 & 3)

1st Prize(Gold Medal): Shreyes Varde
2nd Prize(Silver Medal): Tyler Wu
3rd Prize(Bronze Medal): Sunrit Panda

From L-R: Shreyes Varde and Tyler Wu, Division 1 1st and 2nd prize winners respectively.

Sunrit Panda, Division 1 3rd prize winner.

Note 4/4/2012: We previously mixed up the 1st and 3rd prize winners’ names in the above photos. That has now been corrected. We apologize to 1st prize winner Shreyes Varde and 3rd prize winner Sunrit Panda for the error.

Division 2(Grades 4 & 5)

1st Prize(Gold Medal): Ashwath Subramanian
2nd Prize(Silver Medal): Dayashree Baskaran
3rd Prize(Bronze Medal): Vanessa Hu

Division 2 winners (from L-R): 1st Ashwath Subramanian, 2nd Dayashree Baskaran and 3rd Vanessa Hu respectively.

Congratulations to our prizewinners! And thank you to all our competitors for taking part and helping us promote literacy and raise money for Edison’s Public Libraries.

Therefore, if you mailed us an application, and have not yet received either an e-mail confirmation or your returned check, please contact us as soon as possible, by calling us at 732-738-4586.

If your child’s application has been successful, you will soon be receiving confirmation. If your child’s application has been unsuccessful, we will soon be returning your check/s.

Thank you all for applying to take part, good luck to those who will be participating, and sorry to those who did not get in this time.

If your child’s application has been successful, you will soon be receiving confirmation. If your child’s application has been unsuccessful, we will soon be returning your check/s.

Edison Town-Wide Spelling Bee 2012
Saturday, March 31, 2012
J.P. Stevens High School

Snow Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012

Join us for our Spelling Bee for Grades 2-5

For more details, please see our Spelling Bee page.

]]> http://foledisonnj.org/2012/01/10/announcing-our-2nd-town-wide-spelling-bee/feed/ 0 http://foledisonnj.org/2011/11/10/thank-you-to-everyone-who-helped-make-the-fall-booksale-a-success/ http://foledisonnj.org/2011/11/10/thank-you-to-everyone-who-helped-make-the-fall-booksale-a-success/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:02:35 +0000 Graham http://foledisonnj.org/?p=754 Another Fall Booksale has been and gone, and we’re pleased to announce that it was a success! Despite fears that fewer donations, the poor economy, more people reading e-books, families going away for Fall recess and the lack of coverage by the local press would result in a very disappointing bottom-line, we were heartened by the comparatively good turnout. People seemed to be buying more books at a time too. Having fewer donations meant that we could concentrate on the quality, and give people more room to browse.

Of course, we couldn’t run this sale every year, if it wasn’t for a great team of dedicated volunteers. In alphabetical order, thanks go to the following people for their help with the sale and its preparation:

Mary Assenat, Preethi Balasubramanian, Allison Champer, Lalitha Chittapragada, Carolyn Cullum, Evan Davis, Becky Gudgin, Molly Gudgin, Tookie Harris, Pam Hartkopf, Dixie Hirner, Marylou Kjelle, Lynne Leitner, Dorie Levin, Judy Mansbach, Jeana Mari, Joel Matthew (& Joshua), Chris Rose, Allen Solomon, Martha Stewart, Ed Thomas, Padmini Tirupati and Enid Weiss.

We also are indebted to Advanced Stor-Edge Self Storage on Woodbridge Ave., Edison who donate a climate-controlled storage unit year-round; also to Harris Structural Steel, who donate the use of a truck together with workers to help move the books to and from the North Edison Branch Library.

Thanks also to all the people who donated books and other media, and of course to all of you who supported us with your purchases.

Here’s a collection of photos from before, during and after the sale:

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Fall 2011 Booksale Flyer with money-off coupon(PDF)

Saturday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 6, 12 noon – 4 p.m.
North Edison Branch Library
777 Grove Avenue, Edison (directions)

Thousands of books in many categories – fiction & nonfiction, hardcover & paperback, including children’s books & large print. Also DVD, VHS, Audiobooks, games, etc.

Most books 50¢-$1.50.

More details can be found on our Calendar page.

Here’s a little tip: Based on our previous sales, the first hour or two of the sale on Saturday is usually VERY busy, so if you’re uncomfortable with crowds or are bringing children, we recommend coming a little later on Saturday or any time on Sunday for a more relaxed shopping experience.

We are still seeking book donations and volunteers to help with set-up and break-down of the sale (set-up is on the morning of Friday November 4, break-down is Sunday November 6 from 4pm-6pm and on the morning of Monday November 7) and with the sale itself. Please contact us at foledisonnj@gmail.com if you have books to donate or you wish to volunteer.

Hope to see you at the sale!

To put you in the mood, here’s a selection of photographs from the last year’s booksale, and its set-up:

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Senior Division

1st Place/Gold Medal: Edward Hu

2nd Place/Silver Medal: Samuel Chen

3rd Place/Bronze Medal: Joyce Wang

Junior Division

1st Place/Gold Medal: Danielle Dick

2nd Place/Silver Medal: Vivek Rallabandi

3rd Place/Bronze Medal: Bela Khanna

Thank you to everyone who took part, to the families who came out to support the kids, and to all the volunteers and sponsors who helped make the event a huge success.

Here are some photos of the winners:

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