- Benay Hicks
- Jul 14
- 2 min read
Media Advisory: Block Party 2025
Book Harvest’s 5th Annual Summer Block Party
July 19, 2025 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park
What: Book Harvest’s 5th annual Summer Block Party is a free community-wide event celebrating summer and books. The afternoon will include family activities and entertainment, highlighted by an abundance of free children’s books for every child—from infants to high schoolers—to take home and keep forever (there will be 11,000 brand new books this year!)
Who: Representatives from Book Harvest; community members; over 30 local organizations and characters, including The Poetry Fox, Wool E. Bull, Happy Dan the Magic Man, PBS Kids, Museum of Life and Science, The Bull City Woodshop, and Bike Durham.
When: Saturday, July 19, 2025, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Where: Durham Bulls Athletic Park, 409 Blackwell St, Durham, NC 27701
Scheduled Events:
1:00 PM - Gates open; food, activities, and books are available for all!
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM – Wool E. Bull visits the Block Party
4:00 PM - Event ends
Why: Book Harvest believes that growing up with an abundance of books, from birth, is essential for children to flourish and to create healthy communities.
Visuals:
Boxes of 11,000 books being prepped for the event at Book Harvest (pre-event; now until July 19)
Children “harvesting” books; getting fairy hair; posing with mascots
Happy Dan the Magic Man performing magic tricks
Super G Print Lab making custom posters for the event
Community partners engaging with families through fun activities and giveaways
Volunteers providing books and helping with the event
Interviews with Book Harvest Durham Executive Director Tabitha Blackwell; willing families and volunteers; Book Harvest staff
Sponsors: Book Harvest Durham sponsors include Hendrick Subaru Southpoint, Enterprise Mobility Giving, and Mebane Foundation.
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About Book Harvest:
Book Harvest’s mission is books for every child, support for every parent, and literacy for every community. Internationally recognized for its work to transform children's literacy, Book Harvest has provided more than 2.7 million books to children and families since its founding in 2011, ensuring that children grow up from birth owning an abundance of books and that parents have the tools and power to ignite and strengthen their children's literacy for a lifetime. With programs that are grounded in evidence, Book Harvest believes that literacy starts at birth, in the home, powered by parents, and nourished with books. Learn more at bookharvest.org.