check yahoogroups.com or msn.com groups for philanthropy.
bonnie

In a message dated 2/28/2005 3:51:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jonquilsandtulips@... writes:

>
> Hi everyone!
>
> My name is Cassi Friedman. About 6 years ago I lost my best friend
> from age 2 1/2 on to Leukemia. She was a first grade teacher and
> was very open and honest with her students throughout her
> treatment. Her wish was to write a children's book to help kids
> going through treatments be less frightened. Unfortunately, she ran
> out of time. It took me several years, but I finally sat down to
> write this book for her. In September, I sent it out to several
> publishers. A very small, but legitimate, publisher is interested
> in the story! However, they can only budget half the money, and
> told me to look for a sponsor - possibly the Leukemia Society. So
> far, I have been unsuccessful in contacting the right person. Does
> anyone have any contacts within the society they could recommend?
> In addition, I will have to help promote the book myself and I am
> trying to build a mailing list to send postcards to when the book is
> published. If you would be interested in being on the mailing list,
> please email me privately with your address at
> jonquilsandtulips@.... I guarantee that your address would
> only be used in connection with this book. Put Mailing List in
> subject line, please.
> I am only looking for opinions here, but I thought who better to ask
> than you: I am toying with the ideas of trying to raise some of the
> money myself by selling "IN HONOR OF ...." and "IN MEMORY OF..."
> listing on my dedication page. Do you think anyone out there would
> be interesting in buying such a thing? Thanks for your input.
>
> Also, I would love to hear some of your stories, particularly
> regarding bone marrow transplant. I wrote the story about a bone
> marrow transplant, but having not had one myself I'd considering it
> a huge favor and extra research to make sure I have great info in my
> final draft. I would also be happy to share my story for critique
> with anyone interested in giving me feedback on accuracy.
>
> Thanks so much. I hope to hear from some of you soon!
>
> Cassi Friedman
>



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