Times are tough, times are hard, nobody’s denying it. And though purse strings may be tight, I’m convinced hearts are bigger and more generous than ever before.
Hope for the Holidays
In keeping with the holiday spirit of counting my many blessings, including the release of Twelve Nights, my Christmas Harlequin Historical Blaze, I’ll be giving away twenty copies of Vanquished, the first of my “Men of Roxbury House” trilogy to the first twenty readers who donate a minimum of $10 to this year’s Holiday Goodness charitable recipient, Marian’s Dream: Philanthropy for Animal Advocates.
A Good Dream
Founded in 1981 as a memorial to Marian Rosenthal, Marian’s Dream is a 501(c)3 public charity with the mission of helping donors help companion animals through support of innovative programs and projects operating on the local, regional and statewide levels. Funding accessible, low-cost spay/neuter resources is a particular focus.
$200 will provide four feline spays or six feline neuters. If that sounds like a modest goal, consider that one female cat can birth two litters a year. That’s up to a dozen unwanted kittens, many of whom will have additional litters of their own.
Shelters and rescue groups are overwhelmed. The solution lies in prevention.
Goodness Spilleth Over
I’ll be running the Holiday Goodness Challenge now through January 1st. You can make your donation to Marian’s Dream online via PayPal or by check. For verification, I’ll need you to send: 1) a copy of your donation receipt, either photocopy or forwarded PayPal receipt, 2) the name of the person to whom you’d like the book inscribed if you’re giving it as a gift, and 3) your snail mail address to me at [email protected] or PO Box 1344, New York, NY 10276. If by email, please include “Holiday Goodness Challenge” in the subject header.
As we approach our $200 goal, I’ll be posting the glad tidyings here along with the first names, surname initial and home state of the first twenty generous souls to step up to the proverbial plate.
Thank you for keeping Marian’s beautiful dream of a world with no more homeless pets alive this holiday season.
Hope
PS: As always, please feel free to Re-Tweet or repost and pay the ‘goodness’ forward.
Hope- trying to leave a post on the fb page about this but it won’t seem to take it- am wondering if you’ve got your 20 donations yet? if not I’ll be on- just let me know by email address ok?
[email protected]
Thanx and have a good Dec,
MariElle
Hi There MariElle,
You’re so sweet to check in, and I’ll be posting my donors to date in the next few days. Right now we’re at the $70 mark, so just about one-third of the way there. Definitely room for more goodness!
Happy Holidays…:)
Donation made via paypal…worked like a charm. I’m way backed up on my social media stuff, lol, but I will make sure to repost/retweet your Challenge while it still counts.
🙂
Liz
Hi Hope! I was wondering if you met the challenge yet. I participated last year, but this year I got laid off. I’ve been trying to scrape some together to participate this year. It’s important to be able to help our furry pals too!
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