May 13, 2008

ANCA, the Arne Nixon Center Advocates support group of the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University, Fresno, will sponsor its fifth annual Secret Garden Party, Sunday, April 15, from 3 to 5 p.m.

The party will be held in a beautiful Tuscan garden nestled in the Sierra foothills just outside Fresno, with the exact location to be revealed to underwriters and ticket holders upon registration. This year's theme is the art of the late Leo Politi. This Fresno-born, Caldecott-winning author/artist was a close friend of Arne Nixon's. The garden party will raise funds to create a Leo Politi garden outside the new Madden Library, which is now under construction.

The Secret Garden Party is ANCA's major annual fundraising event. All profits benefit the Arne Nixon Center.

Underwriters are needed and will receive tickets to the party and acknowledgements in promotional materials. Individual tickets are also available for $50.

For information call 559. 278.5790 or send e-mail to kelliew@csufresno.edu.