Comments on: Doing Well by Doing Good http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/10/25/doing-well-by-doing-good/ A mutual support group for SF/F Novelists Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:49:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Karen Wester Newton http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/10/25/doing-well-by-doing-good/#comment-874 Karen Wester Newton Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:06:10 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/10/25/doing-well-by-doing-good/#comment-874 I agree First Book is great. While libraries are wonderful places to share books, there's nothing quite like owning a book you loved reading. When I was a kid I must have read <i>The Secret Garden</i> 20 times. I don't really have any charities that overlap with writing. I sponsor a child in Indonesia because I like programs that are aimed at individuals. I tend to support charities like SOME that focus on the basics. And since my brother passed away in 2006, I have given to the <a href="http://www.sbaa.org/site/c.liKWL7PLLrF/b.2642297/k.5F7C/Spina_Bifida_Association.htm" rel="nofollow">Spina Bifida Association,</a> because he was on their board and served as their general counsel. I like that they split their efforts between helping people with spina bifida and getting the word out about how to prevent (most of) it. I agree First Book is great. While libraries are wonderful places to share books, there’s nothing quite like owning a book you loved reading. When I was a kid I must have read The Secret Garden 20 times.

I don’t really have any charities that overlap with writing. I sponsor a child in Indonesia because I like programs that are aimed at individuals. I tend to support charities like SOME that focus on the basics. And since my brother passed away in 2006, I have given to the Spina Bifida Association, because he was on their board and served as their general counsel. I like that they split their efforts between helping people with spina bifida and getting the word out about how to prevent (most of) it.

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