Bestselling Author Elizabeth Berg to Speak at 31st Love of Literacy Luncheon on April 1
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla., March 1, 2022 – The author of the 2021-22 Read Together Palm Beach County book, The Story of Arthur Truluv , Elizabeth Berg, will headline the 31st annual Love of Literacy Luncheon. The benefit is set for 11:30 a.m., April 1, 2022, at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach.
Read Together Palm Beach County kicked off at the 30th annual Love of Literacy Luncheon held on November 16, 2021, and ends at this year’s luncheon. The Story of Arthur Truluv is about an unlikely friendship that develops among three people, all of whom have lost the one they love most.
Berg is the author of many bestselling novels. In addition to The Story of Arthur Truluv, she penned Open House, an Oprah’s Book Club selection, Talk Before Sleep, The Year of Pleasures, and The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted, a short story collection. Her books Durable Goods and Joy School are American Library Association Books of the Year. Berg also adapted The Pull of the Moon into a play that enjoyed sold-out performances in Chicago and Indianapolis. Her work is published in thirty countries, and three of her novels became television movies.
Literacy Coalition board members Bernadette O’Grady and Debra Ghostine are co-chairing the luncheon. Sponsors include: Bank of America, presenting sponsor; Paul and Nancy Zarcadoolas, platinum sponsor; Gentle Medicine Associates, Inc., Barbara and Len Gray, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Kosinski Foundation & The Robinson Family Foundation, and Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., gold sponsors; Akerman, LLP, Simone and Peter Bonutti, First Horizon Foundation, Florida Power & Light, Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A., Levenger Foundation, Lynn University, Plastridge Insurance, and Bernadette O’Grady/WPTV 5, silver sponsors.
Proceeds from the luncheon will fund the numerous programs the Coalition offers countywide to help children and adults succeed in school and life.
For more information, please visit www.LiteracyPBC.org, or call 561-279-9103.
About the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County
A recipient of the coveted 4-star Charity Navigator rating for 13 consecutive years, the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County works to improve the quality of life in our community by promoting and achieving literacy. In Palm Beach County, 22% of adults age 16 and older lack basic literacy skills and can’t fill out a job application or read a bus schedule, and nearly half of all third-graders are not reading on grade level. Through extensive outreach and collaboration with a network of community partners, the Literacy Coalition strives to ensure that individuals who need to improve their literacy skills receive the help they need. By providing services to 46,867 adults, children and families each year, the Literacy Coalition’s goal is for every child and every adult in Palm Beach County to be able to read.
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For more information, contact:
Kristin Calder
(561) 279-9103
(561) 635-8423 (mobile)
E-mail: kcalder@literacypbc.org
