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August 23rd, 2010
Skip a Starbucks and bring a little girl home! (And win cool Cindy gear!)
The chance to help someone so deserving AND be in the running to win cool stuff? Life is good, I’m telling you. The scoopage is this: C.J. Redwine, my wonderful friend, agentmate and fellow Pixie Chick (our 2008 GH class), is a force of nature. She hosts a hysterical blog (I just blogged there with the famous Were-Llama), teaches writers how to write rockin’ queries and is a rockin’ writer in her own right. But that’s just C.J. in her professional life. In her personal life, she and her wonderful husband (who is a super talented cupcake baker LIKE WHOA) have been trying to adopt an orphaned little girl from China for the last five years. With delay after delay, they are finally on the verge of bringing her home! But… with delays come expense hikes and new red tape and they now need an additional $8,000 to bring their daughter home at last. You can read about C.J.’s journey here. If this doesn’t inspire you, I don’t know what will. So many of us want to help bring their family together! So C.J. created the fabulous idea of Skip a Starbucks Day – where instead of getting your usual Starbucks, you could donate that $5 to the wonderful adoption fund. But C.J. is all about paying it forward (even though adopting a child is the ULTIMATE paying it forward already!), so donors will also be in the running to win fabulous prizes too! You could win an ARC of Rachel Hawkins’ DEMONGLASS… You could win an ARC of Bree Despain’s THE LOST SAINT… You could win the Grand Prize Made of Awesome… Plus TONS (oodles and scads and loads) of other fabulous prizes. But wait, there’s more! You can even win COOL CINDY GEAR and an ARC from me! For my contribution, I’ll be offering up: A mini TCS glass slipper… A cool glass slipper bookmark… And (drum roll, please)… an ARC of the upcoming CINDY ON A MISSION (the sequel to THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY) when ARC’s go out in early 2011! Here’s what you need to do to help make a difference for one very deserving family: 1) Go here and read the full story. Seriously, it is amazing. 2) Click on the Donate button in the upper right corner 3) Donate at least $5 (though you’re always welcome to donate more – I did!) 4) Come back here and comment below by Thursday, August 26th to let me know you donated and hope to win the extra special Cindy prize pack. (C.J. will double check my winner against her donation list, just so’s you knows.) With your help, we can give a little girl a real home for the first time in her life. Now that’s making a difference.
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Thank you so much!! And wow is that glass slipper gorgeous!
Hi!
I’ve donated to CJ’s cause, and would love to be entered to win the Cindy prize pack!
I donated and would like to be entered to win the cindy prize.
Yay! I donated! Thanks so much for supporting this awesome thing!
I donated! CJ is one of the truly awesome people.
I donated!
That’s also a gorgeous glass slipper
I donated!
(my contact email is ssalach88@gmail.com, but I used dragonbladz14@hotmail to donate)
I really hope we get Johanna home!
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(ps if I win, ill let you pick another winner for the slipper and bookmark since I already have them
Thanks for this Kay!!
Thanks so much for offering up some goodies to encourage donations! I donated what I felt I was able (enough to buy Starbucks about 3x’s). I would LOVE to win your books!
candace_redinger(at)yahoo(dot)com
I donated! Really hope the little girl comes home! Thanks for the giveaway!
Sar0005@aol.com
I donated. What a great fundraiser!
I dontated!
Happy to donate! Thanks for the contest.
Lisa
Hi Kay! I donated, and I’d love to be entered in your prize drawing?
I have donated as well.
robin [at] intensewhisper [dot] com
Hi
I donated .What a great cause!
I would love to enter the giveaway if this is International. Thank you
Misha
mishamary@gmail.com
Yay, I donated to this cause! Thank you for promoting it!
-Julia
I donated – talk about a worthy cause! Thanks for promoting it and running a contest of your own.
I donated! And tweeted! What an amazing cause – and hoping for an ARC of Cindys on a Mission is just icing on the cake!
http://twitter.com/tiffing/statuses/21971425721
tiff dot ing at gmail dot com
OMG I am dying a little just thinking about having an ARC of Cindy on a Mission.
I donated. Its a great cause I hope they finally bring her home.
Thanks so much for being an awesome author who helps others as well
!!!!!
used the email to send the donation.
gorgeous giveaway. can’t wait to see JF’s pic!
I donated. I think this is a great cause and it’s wonderful that you are giving away a prize pack. Let’s bring her home!
I donated and would like to be entered to your contest. I blogged too, check it out here:
http://kjovus.blogspot.com/2010/08/skip-coffee-skip-pepsi-make-dream-come.html
kjovus(at)gmail(dot)com
Donated $5 to a great cause, and tweeted http://twitter.com/GeckyBoz/statuses/22100156073</a?
my link doesn’t seem to be working so here it is again,
http://twitter.com/GeckyBoz/statuses/22100156073
I donated. Such a great cause!
lnichols2000(at)yahoo(dot)com
I donated! This is one of the sweetest stories I have ever read & for it to be non-fiction makes it even greater! I cannot wait for CJ to meet Johanna!
Visit My Kingdom Anytime
Donated! Thanks for encouraging us to support CJ and her family as they work to bring Johanna home!
Oh & my donation is under our paypal account (which has the hubby’s name: M.Barr) forgot to mention that!
Visit My Kingdom Anytime
Great support for such a good cause!
I donated!
P.S. I read an ARC of your first book. You go girl!