{"id":1629,"date":"2008-10-25T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2008-10-25T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shilohwalker.wordpress.com\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2008-10-25T00:00:13","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T00:00:13","slug":"share-the-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/2008\/10\/share-the-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Share the love&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blatantly swiped from <a href=\"http:\/\/karenknowsbest.com\/2008\/10\/19\/share-the-love-donate-books\/\" target=\"_blank\">Karen&#8217;s.<\/a>..<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>An Open Letter to Romance Readers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenknowsbest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/share-the-love-donate-books.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1733\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenknowsbest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/share-the-love-donate-books.jpg?resize=153%2C101\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"101\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you are like me, you have a multitude of romance novels sitting on the bookshelf<\/strong>, doing little more than offering fond memories, looking pretty, and gathering dust. As I tried to make room for my newest purchases one day, I thought there had to be a better use for all these wonderful books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>After all, they are not merely love stories<\/strong> and are certainly <em>not<\/em> rescue fantasies. They are rich narratives of women overcoming conflict, discovering their own power, falling in love, and being rewarded with optimistic, emotionally satisfying endings. And shouldn\u2019t all women enjoy the same treasure of words filled with inspiration and empowerment\u2014or, if nothing else, a pleasant diversion from day to day life?<\/p>\n<p>Of course they should.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Then it occurred to me: why not donate romance novels to women in crisis?<\/strong> Mass-market paperbacks are considered to be inexpensive but are still not in the budget for everyone who might enjoy them. How better to encourage literacy\u2014an incredibly valuable skill that benefits not just women but the families they support\u2014than by providing engaging reading material? Doesn\u2019t everyone deserve the pleasure of a good story with a happy-ending?<\/p>\n<p>With the help of Ann Bleakley, my friend and co-founder, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.share-the-love.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Share The Love<\/a> was born.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s simple: we will collect gently used romance novels and pass them onto non-profit organizations<\/strong> that provide assistance to women in transitional periods of their lives\u2014homeless and domestic violence shelters, prisons and recovery half-way houses\u2014and that help them establish independent lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We hope you will join us<\/strong>\u2014one story at a time\u2014in offering encouragement, inspiration, and enjoyment to women.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>Maya Rodale<br \/>\nAnn Bleakley<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blatantly swiped from Karen&#8217;s&#8230; An Open Letter to Romance Readers: If you are like me, you have a multitude of romance novels sitting on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/2008\/10\/share-the-love\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Share the love&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10161045129738658_54762468447":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,42,44],"tags":[556,257],"class_list":["post-1629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-helping-out","category-ponderings","category-romance","tag-helping-out","tag-romance-readers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Share the love... - Shiloh Walker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/2008\/10\/share-the-love\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Share the love... - Shiloh Walker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Blatantly swiped from Karen&#8217;s... 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