Simply put, I’m a local author trying to do something to help disadvantaged kids in the Denver area. We have something like 18,000 homeless kids in Colorado. We don’t see them because they’re staying in someone’s home or kicking around from home to home. It’s not as though they’re all on the streets. There are also a lot of families teetering on the edge of homelessness and it’ll be slim pickings for their families this holiday season. It humbles me and makes me feel so grateful for what my family has! Right now I’m moving on to my next book and I don’t have a lot of money to give, but I do have books.
My goal is to donate 1000 of my books to organizations who will distribute them by Christmas. For each book I sell, whether it’s through a personal appearance, my website or through Amazon, I’ll donate a book. On my website I’m offering a 30% discount plus free shipping. Anything I make is basically to cover costs; but I need your help to make the 1000 mark because frankly, I’m not wealthy enough to make the entire donation on my own.
We all have a sphere of influence. Some are large, some are small; the size of it doesn’t really matter, what matters is the effort we put forth to help those around us. Would you help me by asking your sphere to support what I’m doing? The books are my childrens picture book, “Sarah O’Hara ~ Gift of the Fairy Wings” about a little bully who learns a lesson on kindness. It’s hardcover, beautifully illustrated and has won three national awards. They make wonderful gifts, and I can sign them to a specific child (or children) if I get a comment in the PayPal comment section. (I can’t sign books bought through Amazon.)
Here’s a link if you’d like to purchase it: http://sarahohara.com/blog/kindness/give-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/
I appreciate anything you can do to help, whether it’s buying a book or two for gifts, posting on your FB page, tweeting, or sending an email to your friends. Because of your purchase, a child you love will have a very special book to cherish, while another child, you don’t know, will have a present under the tree.
Thank you for supporting literacy, and thanks for all you do!
