A note from Colleen Mondor about Katrina donations

I received a note from Collen Mondor who contributes often to the blog Bookslut, ( a literary blog) She mentioned that they are building support for donations down South for the Katrina victims, especially the children. Below are the main comments from her note. She allowed me to copy and post them here so that more people will be aware of the effort and contribute. Her comments are in bold:

"As you may have read in Bookslut a couple of weeks ago, (where I am a regular contributor) I am trying to build support for donations down South. I am currently working with a group in Baton Rouge to help some children displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Josh Causey and his group at Parkview Baptist Church are spending their time with children sheltered with their families at Southern University. They are doing arts and crafts, playing games and reading books. The program is expanding to other shelters and includes after school tutoring. I have set up wishlists for the kids at Amazon, but I'm hoping that authors, illustrators, reviewers and comic creators and publishers will also consider donating a few titles. The children cover all ages and all interests - at this point, I think they would be thrilled with any gift. I have already heard from some great young adult authors like Cecil Castellucci, Louise Hawes, Mitali Perkins, M.E. Rabb, Brent Hartinger, Bennett Madison and Cynthia Leitich-Smith, all of whom have purchased from the lists and/or mentioned them on their sites.
And if you can spread the word about the wishlists to everyone you know (one for books, one for games), that would be awesome.

Best Wishes,
Colleen Mondor
Eclectica Magazine & BookslutMailing Address for Parkview

Donations:
Josh CauseyParkview Baptist Church
11795 jefferson highway
Baton Rouge, LA 70816"

So, if you are interested, contact Colleen. It's a wonderful project, and there's so much to do to help.