{"id":67,"date":"2008-06-18T21:09:23","date_gmt":"2008-06-19T01:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=67"},"modified":"2008-07-06T20:18:27","modified_gmt":"2008-07-07T00:18:27","slug":"fund-drive-giveaways-and-a-raffle-for-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=67","title":{"rendered":"Fund Drive, Giveaways and a Raffle for Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writers (and readers) are very giving people.\u00c2\u00a0 I regularly donate to an organization that helps make it possible for homeless Corgis with medical costs to get the needed medical attention\u00c2\u00a0before\u00c2\u00a0finding a new home.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corgiaid.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">CorgiAid<\/a> just had their 2008 auction and the results are still being totaled.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/scottoline.com\/Site\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lisa Scottoline<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0is owned by a Corgi (it&#8217;s unusual for us to own them) and donated an autographed copy of her book <em>Dirty Blonde <\/em>to this year&#8217;s auction.\u00c2\u00a0 I can&#8217;t wait to hear how much has been raised with this year&#8217;s auction.\u00c2\u00a0 CorgiAid was presented with Pedigree&#8217;s 2007 Best Breed Rescue\u00c2\u00a0Fundraising Program award.\u00c2\u00a0 This year, partially due to the awareness created by Pedigree, we&#8217;ve been able to raise over $18,000.00 for Corgis that need assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Last night it occurred to me that there are inexpensive ways to obtain books that a few of you may find interesting.\u00c2\u00a0 I thought there were more fund raisers and raffles happening right now but I was wrong.\u00c2\u00a0 Most of the links are for giveaways.<\/p>\n<p><em>Strange Horizons<\/em> is holding their <a href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/fund_drives\/200806\/main.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">annual fund drive<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0until June 30th.\u00c2\u00a0 They are an electronic publication geared toward speculative fiction that pays professional rates.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyone who donates during the fund drive is entered into the drawings for some <a href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/fund_drives\/200806\/prizes.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">cool fund drive prizes<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 If you like what is being published then let them know.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Damian is giving away a copy of Stephenie Meyer&#8217;s newest book, <em>The Host<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 All you need to do is leave a comment on her <a href=\"http:\/\/damiandaily.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/04\/free-book-giveaway-the-host-by-stephenie-meyer\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a> about the giveaway between now and June 21st.<\/p>\n<p>If that isn&#8217;t enough Stephenie Meyer for you, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mawbooks.com\/2008\/06\/16\/win-all-of-stephenie-meyers-books\/trackback\/\" target=\"_blank\">MAW Books<\/a> is holding a giveaway for all of Stephanie Meyer&#8217;s books.\u00c2\u00a0 Five\u00c2\u00a0people could win a copy of <em>The Host<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 The lucky winner of the grand prize would be able to catch up on <em>Twilight<\/em> before the movie release date.\u00c2\u00a0 Entries are accepted until June 30th and there are multiple ways to enter.<\/p>\n<p>Each Monday Katrina Stonoff has a book giveaway.\u00c2\u00a0 The book for Monday is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sweet-Love-Sarah-Strohmeyer\/dp\/0525950648\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1213836901&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Sweet Love<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0by Sarah Strohmeyer.\u00c2\u00a0 If you&#8217;re interested, <a href=\"http:\/\/katrinastonoff.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/16\/monday-book-giveaway-june-16-2008-with-extra-sugar\/\" target=\"_blank\">leave a comment<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0on Katarina&#8217;s blog by Sunday noon PST and she will draw names on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>If your reading tastes are geared towards other genres there is a potpourri (mostly religious) of books available on <a href=\"http:\/\/joyceanthony.tripod.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Joyce Anthony&#8217;s web site<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The Arkansas church of Lacresha Hayes had damage from the storms and the money raised from the raffle is for her church family.\u00c2\u00a0 Each drawing in the raffle is $1 and garners an entry to win a <a href=\"http:\/\/joyceanthony.tripod.com\/id20.html\" target=\"_blank\">box of autographed books<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0including several books written by Lacresha.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writers (and readers) are very giving people.\u00c2\u00a0 I regularly donate to an organization that helps make it possible for homeless Corgis with medical costs to get the needed medical attention\u00c2\u00a0before\u00c2\u00a0finding a new home.\u00c2\u00a0 CorgiAid just had their 2008 auction and the results are still being totaled.\u00c2\u00a0 Lisa Scottoline\u00c2\u00a0is owned by a Corgi (it&#8217;s unusual for&hellip; 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