Birthday Hearts for Michael and Books for Gary Children

Hello Friends,

Every year for Michael’s birthday I am involved in organizing and participating in a fundraising project for children.  It has recently come about that I will be in Gary this year on Michael’s birthday.  Yay!!  What I have decided to do this year is to bring (or send) copies of my books Smile Effect and Ever After for the children of Gary.   Earlier this year, together with all of you, we sent 77 copies of Smile Effect and Ever After to Jefferson School in Gary.  There are 7 other elementary schools in Gary and also a Youth Services Bureau.  What I would like to do is to buy, with your help, as many copies as we can, to give to the schools.  It is especially meaningful to me to share Smile Effect because the story takes place in Gary, and is written to encourage children to trust their hearts, and show that small actions can create big changes in their own lives and in the world.  The most cost effective way to buy the books is to order them from Amazon at my author’s discount price and have them shipped directly to the schools.  This way, the cost of the books including shipping would be $7 each.  I have a meeting arranged with the Director of the Youth Services Bureau and she said they would happy to take more books, as they already have one copy of each.  Unfortunately the schools are not open until August 24 so I won’t be able to call them until then, but I am hoping to at least drop by and visit as many of them as possible while there, to show them the books and find out how many copies would be useful to them.  If any of you are interested in buying a book (or books) for the children of Gary, you can send contributions by paypal to mjeverafter@gmail.com   I promise to keep you informed about the funds collected and how many books we are able to buy and distribute.
ALSO, if anyone would like to send a birthday heart for Michael, I would be happy to deliver them to Michael’s Gary house on August 29!  PM me for my mailing address.

I am so excited to finally be going to Gary!

Thank you all for your amazing friendship and support.  It’s all for Michael, and all for L.O.V.E

Brenda