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'Growing Up With Loukoumi' Author Grants 3 Dream Days: Contest-Winning Kids to Witness a Mars Landing, Be a Soccer Star and Meet Rachael Ray
'Growing Up With Loukoumi' Author Grants 3 Dream Days: Contest-Winning Kids to Witness a Mars Landing, Be a Soccer Star and Meet Rachael Ray
NEW YORK, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Last Fall children's book author Nick
Katsoris launched Growing Up With Loukoumi Dream Day, a national contest based
on the award-winning children's book and celebrity narrated CD, Growing Up
With Loukoumi, where kids can win a day in their dream career. Now three lucky
kids will visit NASA for a Mars landing, play soccer with the New York Red
Bulls at Giants Stadium, and meet a television chef.
The book, an iParenting Media Award winner, teaches children they can be
anything when they grow up if they believe in themselves! Over 200 Dream Day
events were held at schools, libraries and bookstores nationwide where
thousands of children entered the contest by drawing themselves in their dream
career.
The first winner, a 9-year-old girl fromLong Island, wants to be a Mars
Rover Engineer. On May 25th she will visit NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in
Pasadena, CA to witness thePhoenix spacecraft actually land on Mars. She
will also tour the facility and meet a Rover engineer.
The second winner, an 8-year-old boy fromNew York, wishes to be a soccer
star. He will play soccer at Giants Stadium with the NY Red Bulls.
The third winner, a ten-year-old girl fromFort Collins, Colorado, wants
to be a television chef. She will cook with acclaimed CBS-TV Chef Tony
Tantillo, and also meet Rachael Ray on the set of her hit show.
Contest judges included the narrators on the Growing Up With Loukoumi CD:
Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis, Gloria "I Will Survive" Gaynor, CBS News Anchor
Alexis Christoforous, Guiding Light star Frank Dicopoulos, and American Idol's
Constantine Maroulis. The panel also included actress Florence Henderson,
Fox-5 Anchor Ernie Anastos, Make-A-Wish Foundation VP Jennifer Maher, and
promotional sponsor iParenting Media's Editor-in-chief Elisa All.
Growing Up With Loukoumi has been featured on several national programs
including The Martha Stewart Show, which called it "Charming, beautiful, and
gives confidence!" This month Barnes & Noble selected the book for its
Graduation Gift displays nationwide.
The Growing Up With Loukoumi narrated CD includes an original song,
"Believe," by Gloria Gaynor. $2 from the sale of each book/CD benefit a
national children's charity.
For more information visit www.loukoumi.com; for interviews, e-mail
info@loukoumi.com; call: Nick Katsoris, 212-397-2804.
SOURCE NK Publications
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