August Book Club

Book Club will be held this week on Thursday (8/27) at 7:30 PM at Mary Jenkins' home. We will be discussing the most popular Jane Austen books. Please come even if you weren't able to read. It is still fun to visit.

Treats are welcome!

Any volunteers for hosts for the coming months?

The 4th Thursday

Can you believe that it is already the 4th week of JULY???

Anyways, it is. So, that means that book club will be held at Liz Tillman's house at 7:30 PM on Thursday, July 23rd. We will be discussing Killer Angels by Michael Shaara.

Comment if you need her address, and I'll email it to you.


Next month, Mary Jenkins will be hosting a tribute to Jane Austen. She would like to have the main 6 books covered (Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park and Persuasion.) Comment and let us know which one you are reading, or if you need a suggestion of what to choose...

Thanks! Hope to catch you this month, or next.

HAPPY SUMMER!!

Killer Angels

So...tomorrow is the 4th Thursday, I'm not done with the book and I haven't been good about sending out an email or a reminder blog post. With that combination, Liz (our host for the month), has agreed to discuss this book in July.

For those who haven't started...here's your chance! We will have book club on Thursday, July 23rd at 7:30 PM. This will be a great pick for July and really get you in the spirit of Patriotism!!!

Charities and "There Is No Me Without You"

There is No Me Without You #1. Opened my eyes to the extent of the AIDS problem in Africa which has lost a lot of publicity here in America since anti-retrovirals made it a chronic disease rather than one that will surely kill you and #2 made me want to help.

I don't have my book with me to list out the many organizations that are doing great things in Ethiopia, but these three stuck out to me.

http://www.ahopeforchildren.org/ is a non profit organization whose primary focus is caring for orphans infected with HIV and have no extended family to care for them in their childrens home, or through community outreach to children living with extended family who do not have to means to provide the HIV+ orphans with the care they need. I love that you can see where your money goes with this program, you can sponsor an orphan, or send supplies.

http://doctorswithoutborders.org/ is an international medical humanitarian organization whose focus is to assist people whose survival is threatened primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. Doctors without Borders is very highly rated among charitable organizations as one that is great to give your money to, about %87 percent of your donation goes to the front lines rather than being used for office work/publicity.

http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/ is a public/private partnership who atrracts, manages, and dispurses resources to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. The Global Fund has become the main source of finance for programs to fights these three diseases. The buy (RED) movement in the United States supports The Global Fund.

Looking for hosts...

Anyone interested in hosting in July, August or September? Let me know!

Book Club on Thursday

Just wanted to give you a heads up. Again, I apologize for the short notice. We will be discussing There is No Me Without You by Melissa Faye Green on Thursday, May 28th at7:30 PM at Tiffany Keck's home. Leave a comment if you need her address!
Hope to see you there!! Treats are ALWAYS welcome.

BOOK CLUB TONIGHT!!

Sorry for the lateness...Clive Cussler discussion is tonight at Rachel Tafoya's at 7:30.
Comment if you need the address.
Hope to see you there, even if you didn't read a book.