SHOP TILL YOU DROP . . .

Friday, May 21st, kicks off the first ever "Shop 4 Class Week". This is an opportunity for all you New Yorkers to shop at participating stores and restaurants, and a portion of your spendings will go towards purchasing books for Kindergarten - 3rd grade classroom libraries in New York City's public schools.

So, from Friday, May 21 to Friday, May 28, WHIP OUT THAT PLASTIC AND GO NUTS at these places:

ABC Carpet & Home (Bway @ 19th St)
Alphabets (multiple locations)
Bank St. Bookstore (Bway @ 112th St)
Betsey Bunky Nini (Lexington Ave b/w 71st & 72nd Sts)
Betwixt (W. 10th St b/w Bleecker & Hudson Sts)
Big Fun Toys (Hudson St @ Horatio St)
Bliss Spas (multiple locations)
Blue Bench (Duane St b/w Hudson St & W. Bway)
Bond No. 9 New York (multiple locations)
Books of Wonder (18th St @ 5th Ave)
Borders Books & Music (multiple locations)
Brooks Brothers (multiple locations)
C.O. Bigelow Chemists (6th Ave b/w 8th & 9th Sts)
The Compleat Strategist (E. 33rd St b/w Madison & 5th Aves)
Crumbs Bakeshop (multiple locations)
Cynthia Rowley (Bleecker St b/w Charles & Perry Sts)
Daffy's (multiple locations)
Dinosaur Hill (E. 9th St @ 2nd Ave)
Fetch (Greenwich Ave b/w Perry & Charles Sts)
Fishs Eddy (multiple locations)
Flight 001 (Greenwich Ave b/w 7th & 8th Aves)
Forbidden Planet (Bway @ 13th St)
Gracious Home (multiple locations)
Harry's Shoes (Bway @ 83rd St)
Hershey's Time Square (Bway @ 48th St)
Homboms (1st Ave @ 78th St)
Jack Spade (Greene St b/w Spring & Broome Sts)
J&R Music & Computer World (Park Row)
Kate Spade (Broome St @ Mercer St)
Macy's Herald Square (W. 34th St)
Manhattan Dollhouse (2nd Ave b/w 24th & 25th Sts)
Mommy Chic Maternity (Bway @ 90th St)
Nicole Miller (multiple locations)
No More Eggs (E. 9th St b/w 1st & 2nd Aves)
Our Name is Mud (multiple locations)
Kidding Around (W. 15h St b/w 5th & 6th Aves)
Li-Lac Chocolates (multiple locations)
Lisa Shaub (Mulberry St b/w Spring & Prince Sts)
Paragon Sports (Bway @ 18th St)
Pearl River Mart (Bway b/w Grand & Broome Sts)
Peanutbutter & Jane (Hudson St @ Jane St)
Penny Whistle Toys (multiple locations)
Plain Jane, Inc. (Amsterdam Ave b/w 85th & 86th Sts)
Pondicherri (Columbus Ave @ 82nd St)
Portico (Spring St b/w Crosby & Lafayette Sts)
Posman Books @ GCT (Grand Central Terminal)
Saks Fifth Ave (5th Ave)
The Scholastic Store (Bway b/w Prince & Spring Sts)
Selima Optique (Wooster St @ Broome St)
Shoofly (Hudson St)
Space Kiddets (E. 21st St b/w Park Ave & Bway)
Toys "R" Us Times Square (Bway @ 44th St)
TSE (Madison Ave @ 69th St)
Vivaldi Boutique (3rd Ave @ 79th St)
West Side Kids (Amsterdam Ave @ 84th St)