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BookEnds Annual Report 2007 BookEnds has increased in size this year. We always welcome new faces, and are glad to have folks join us. We meet once a month; usually at people’s homes or sometimes at church. During the summer, we like to meet in the Redwood Grove. We read one book a month, and get together to discuss it. We are not strict about finishing the book. If you’ve read the whole thing or just the cover—you are welcome to join us! In September, we had a book sale. We asked folks to donate books and were overwhelmed at the response. We received a tremendous amount of books, including a goodly amount of best sellers. We raised $383.90. We wanted the money to go to charity. We decided to donate the money to the Neonatal unit at Good Samaritan Hospital in memory of Steve and Lorraine Hryskanich. NICU Access helps the families who have babies in NICU and must travel long distances to check on their infants and maintain their routines at home with the rest of their families. We felt it was a good way to honor the memory of the Hryskanichs and their decades of service to our church family.
In November, we read Three Cups of Tea. It is the true story of Greg Mortenson and his travels to Pakistan. Seeing the need for school buildings, he established an organization that has built 55 schools in that region over a ten year period. It’s an inspirational story of the difference one person can make in the world. Greg Mortenson spoke in San Francisco in November, and some of our group were able to attend.
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In October, we had a guest author. Suzanne Woods Fisher, an East
Bay author, visited our group and shared her experiences about
publishing and writing her first novel. Copper Star is a fictional
story in a factual setting. It takes place during WWII in a copper
mining town based on Bisbee, AZ. The story includes a deaf child
who learns to communicate from information acquired from the John
Tracy Clinic in Southern California. This real place was established
by the wife of Spencer Tracy, to help folks with hearing disabilities
like their son John. Suzanne brought along a cake with her that
was mentioned in the book. It’s called a Forgiving Cake,
because it always turns out well. The sequel, Copper Fire, is due
out in 2008.