Dear Highland Parker neighbors, I'd appreciate your help (and that of your friends). As many of you know, I believe in public libraries and have authored a book, Saving Our Public Libraries: Why We Should. How We Can. Friday I launched a campaign to raise funding so I can give free copies of my book to as many US libraries as possible (using the fundraising site, kickstarter.com). I'm doing this because my book provides libraries with 184 pages of proven ways that they can successfully obtain more funding. Public libraries need this information, often desperately, because their budgets are being cut, sometimes by as much as two-thirds. At the same time, libraries are serving more and more people (including job hunters, kids, teens, seniors, and families) who need their services greatly in these challenging economic times. The information in my book has never been brought together before. Much of it has never even been published before. If 1,000 people donate only $10 each, I'll have the money I need to get my book to all the public libraries in two, or three, or more states. All donors will vote to decide which states receive the first copies of my book. Donors also receive rewards (some fun and some serious). That's how kickstarter works. It's a fun site that helps people raise money for creative projects. It's also an all-or-nothing site. Your donation is not charged to your credit card unless I meet my full funding goal. So besides donating yourself - which I hope you will - PLEASE forward this e-mail to your friends along with a personal note recommending me and this project. To learn more about my project and why it and libraries are so important, use this kickstarter link (you'll even see me in a video there - a first for me): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1094941765/book-saving-our-public- libraries-why-we-should-how?ref=email Many thanks for whatever help you can give! janet jai P.S. More about me and my book is at my website, www.vision-and- values.com/saving.htm. I'm also happy to answer questions. Feel free to e-mail jai@vision-and-values.com or call me at 412-362-7607. Thanks!