On March 23-27, I’ll be hosting an online challenge to raise money for libraries, and so far about 30 other bloggers have agreed to join me.  But I would love to have more.  Last year we raised over $1600, which was marvelous, and it would be marvelous if we could meet or top that this year.

Here’s how it works:

If you’re willing, you put up a blog post that week (you choose the exact time). If you don’t have a blog, you can use another social medium such as Facebook. You agree to donate a certain amount of money for every comment you receive on that post by a certain date. (You pick the amount.) The money goes to your local library, bookmobile, or other literacy-based charity; or if your local system is well-funded, you may want to pick another library that needs help. You can set a cap on the donation. I’ll help you write the blog post if you like; I try to keep your work minimal.

Ideally, you visit the other participating blogs and leave comments, helping them meet their challenge goals. You spread the word to raise consciousness about the needs of libraries and to bring as many people as possible to the participating blogs.

Libraries are suffering in this economy, with budget cuts at all levels of government. At the same time, people need libraries more than ever–not only as a free source of information and entertainment, but for community programs, computer resources, help with job searches, etc.

If you can’t host a challenge, you can participate by commenting on the blogs and spreading the word, or even by making a flat donation to your library (whether money, books, or your time). If you would like to host a challenge, please leave your email in the comments below or, if you want to keep your email private, send me a message at jennifer[at]jenniferhubbard[dot]com. Aside from helping libraries, we had a lot of fun with the challenge last year! Thank you.

The challenge will be hosted and indexed at my blog: http://writerjenn.livejournal.com/

About The Author

I live and write in the Philadelphia area. My short fiction has appeared in literary magazines such as Willow Review and North American Review. THE SECRET YEAR is my first young-adult novel.  Read more about writerjenn.

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