Sunday, September 27, 2009

Safe Haven Totals

The Midsouth region added a charitable aspect to this year's conference:  a book basket, where attendees could donate new and gently used children's books.  Also, a full novel critique by Michael Stearns of Upstart Crow Literary was raffled off.  (Thank you, Mr. Stearns!)  Our collection totals were:

-318 books collected
-$785 raised

Fantastic!  The books and money will go to Safe Haven, a nonprofit organization assisting homeless families in Middle TN.  

4 comments:

Suzanne Young said...

That is excellent!

Unknown said...

Yay!!

Daisy Whitney said...

This is a great idea! We should all keep in mind that donating books to our local libraries is super easy.

June Shaw said...

Terrific! What a great use for books and a wonderful way to use the cash raised. Kudos to the organizers!