Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio Host Book Signing by Young Authors
San Antonio -- April 12, 2008

For more information contact, Blithe Wiley, 210-863-9302, wiley@grandecom.net

WHAT: Book signing event to launch the "Heartbeat of Heroism" book of essays and poems written by teen members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio.

WHEN: Saturday, April 12, at 1 p.m.

WHERE: Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 12635 IH 10 W (near the De Zavala exit).

WHY: The "Heartbeat of Heroism" book is the culmination of a six-week creative writing workshop led by Hope, Faith & Dreams Foundation founder/director, Amando Camina. The theme of the workshop was simple: Express Life through Truth. Twenty inner-city teens from the West side and East side of San Antonio participated in the workshop last summer. With newfound courage, these aspiring writers expressed their feelings and experiences through the written word.

This book takes its readers on an all-too-real journey that explores the searing reality that these teens face in their communities. They decry the violence, gangs and drugs that plague their east and west side neighborhoods and embark on a search for inner peace and Truth. Through creative expression, they seek to make a difference in their own lives and those lives around them.

About the Boys & Girls Clubs
Founded in 1939, the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio serve more than 6,500 members annually. The Clubs provide after school and summer programs that develop talents, values and skills in youth ages six-to-18 years old, paying particular attention to those who need them most. As a result of the Clubs programs, young people are inspired and enabled to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. For more information, visit the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio website at: www.bgcsatx.org.