Do-Right Friday

Ask me what material thing has changed my life more than any other, and I will tell you (NO, NOT Spanx underwear!)

Books.

Books helped me survive a sometimes difficult childhood and adolescence. Books kept me company throughout my travels from coast to coast. Books continue to inspire and motivate and educate and entertain me.

I get physically anxious if I do not have a book near at hand. I get physically calmed when I enter a library or bookstore.

I love books. (Can you tell?)

But what if you didn't have a book? Not even one? What if -- and this is worse -- you didn't know how to read? Didn't have a library? Didn't care?????

That, my friends, is the very definition of oppression to me.

That is why I was deciding what charity to support through my scrapbooking efforts, I chose Books for Kids. I have committed to donate $1 for each participant in the LOAD Challenge (2400 so far!). And many of the participants asked how THEY can donate. So I added a badge to my blog so ya'll can donate directly. Just go over <---- there and click on through and the money will bypass my scrapbook supply-hungry hands and go directly to the Books for Kids foundation. And THEY will make sure they wave their magic wand, change that $ into books, and get them into the hand of kids who might not otherwise be able to access them. Now that is do'in right.

Comments

[Laura T.]

Awesome idea Lain --- and did I tell you how much I'm loving the LOAD challenge.

[Etta]

Okay, I just have to ask--I know this is SO off topic, but how does someone from California come to use the *word* "ya'll?" As in "So I added a badge to my blog so ya'll can donate directly."

Not that I mind of course, since it is a very consistent part of my Southern vocabulary. In fact it made me so proud to see it in your blog. :) I just didn't know that Californians used it. Hee, hee.

[Gabrielle McCann]

I think it's great that you're doing this - I can't imagine a life without books