Book Drive

Today I welcome  Heather Lire here and ask anyone who can help with the book drive to do so. I plan on sending an Amazon Gift Card to Heather on Friday to help her out with buying books for the Colorado Children's Hospital. I know if I was going to spend an extended period of time in the hospital, I would need something to help me escape from reality for a bit. Thanks for allowing me to post about this book drive, Heather!

I'm an author, a book reviewer and a literature teacher. Reading has always been close to my heart. It's an activity I can do through good times and bad. When I'm happy I can celebrate with a good book, when I'm sad, lonely, depressed or stressed a good book will help me escape.  

Recently while at the Colorado Children's Hospital with my youngest son, I ran out of things to read. Upon seeing they had a family lending library I went looking. To my dismay I discovered most of the books were medical in nature or for small children. There was very little for a mom, dad, a teen or even a middle-grade patient to read. There were less than twenty books. I was bereft. Not only for me, but for all the other family members who had to spend hours in this empty waiting room with nothing to read.

After talking to the volunteers at the hospital about the lack of books the idea of a book drive began to take root. I saw a need that those in the book community could help fill.

Please help support this cause. We need new or gently used books. If you don't have books to donate you can give a monetary donation that will be used to purchase books.

The following kinds of novels are needed:

Middle-Grade Chapter books                                                                       

Young Adult (YA) books for girls or boys

Comics and magna

New Adult books

Adult General Fiction (mystery, drama, literature, romance, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, historical, paranormal)

Due to facility restrictions no erotica is allowed.

We will be collecting books all throughout September.

We ask that monetary donation are made in the form of an Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Cards.

A tax identification letter can be provided upon request.

If you are interested in participating in this drive please contact Heather Lire at heatherlire@live.com with Book Drive in the subject line.

Thank you,

Heather Lire

Contemporary Romance Author

The Book Reading Gals

BOOK DRIVE

I saw this post on Shiloh Walker's blog and Stacy's blog and copied it over hoping more people would see the post. I hope anyone who sees this post will take the time to mail out at least one new book to help rebuild the lost collection.

On August 4, heavy rains caused flooding in Louisville, Kentucky and the surrounding areas. The Louisville Free Public Library’s main branch was hit hard and the damages are estimated at $1 million.

I’m putting to a book drive in effort to help.

How you can help:

Everybody:

Donations of new books, all genres.

Information about monetary donations can be found at WFPL.

Authors & Publishers:

Donations of both signed and unsigned books. All genres, from children’s books to romance to non-fiction, etc, etc.

Signed books can be used in fundraiser purposes. Unsigned books can be used to help replenish the books that were lost due to the flood.

Flooding at Louisville Free Public Library

Image from WFPL

I have spoken with somebody with the library and at this time, they have no place to store books. However, I’m close and I will keep the books at my house until they are able to take them.

For those wishing to donate books, there are two ways you can send them. I can either receive them my post box address or a friend will receive them at her home.

If you wish to mail them via the USPS, send to:

Shiloh Walker

PO Box 976

Jeffersonville, IN

47131

For those wishing to use Fedex or UPS, send to:

LFPL Book Drive

C/O Jennifer Kennedy

20813 State Rd # 62
Marysville, IN 47141

Feel free to repost this information in it’s entirety.

Shiloh Walker

http://shilohwalker.com/

http://shilohwalker.wordpress.com/

Book Drive

On August 4, heavy rains caused flooding in Louisville, Kentucky and the surrounding areas.TheLouisville Free Public Library’s main branch was hit hard and the damages are estimated at $1 million.

I’m putting to a book drive in effort to help.

How you can help:

Everybody:

Donations of new books, all genres.

Information about monetary donations can be found atWFPL.

Authors & Publishers:

Donations of both signed and unsigned books.All genres, from children’s books to romance to non-fiction, etc, etc.

Signed books can be used in fundraiser purposes.Unsigned books can be used to help replenish the books that were lost due to the flood.

Image from WFPL

I have spoken with somebody with the library and at this time, they have no place to store books.However, I’m close and I will keep the books at my house until they are able to take them.

For those wishing to donate books, there are two ways you can send them.I can either receive them my post box address or a friend will receive them at her home.

If you wish to mail them via the USPS, send to:

Shiloh Walker

PO Box 976

Jeffersonville, IN

47131

For those wishing to use Fedex or UPS, send to:

LFPL Book Drive

C/O Jennifer Kennedy

20813 State Rd # 62
Marysville, IN 47141

Feel free to repost this information in it’s entirety.

Shiloh Walker

http://shilohwalker.com/

http://shilohwalker.wordpress.com/