After the announcement of the end of the SCE line, TerriO and others hatched an idea to donate SCE collections to the troops stationed overseas. After some planning, the first donation drive will be happening at Shore Leave!
Tomorrow night, during the annual Meet the Pros event, TerriO will be collecting new or "gently used" books at her autograph table for donation to Operation Paperback, an organization that has managed to get over 800,000 books to our troops overseas just since January 2006. Look for the sign if for some bizarre reason you can't find her.
From Operation Paperback's website:
So, obviously, Shore Leave is a prime target for books of the sort they're seeking.
TerriO will also have a special personalized page that anyone donating can sign that will be included in the box when shipped. If you have any books autographed for the drive at the convention, please let the authors know when you approach them. That way the soldiers don't get books that have been personalized to you in the autograph. It's just...weird.
If you catch her at any time during the con and want to donate a book, please do. She will have a wheelie cart with her specifically to collect any books on the go, as it were.
Next stop: Dragon*Con!
ETA: Here's the LJ community, with the original Shore Leave announcement.
ETA2: In response to Greg Cox's question below, we're taking any types of books that match the categories mentioned. It started out as an SCE/Trek thing, but all books are welcome! As for comics and manga, I'm not sure about those. I'll see what I can find out.
Tomorrow night, during the annual Meet the Pros event, TerriO will be collecting new or "gently used" books at her autograph table for donation to Operation Paperback, an organization that has managed to get over 800,000 books to our troops overseas just since January 2006. Look for the sign if for some bizarre reason you can't find her.
From Operation Paperback's website:
Troops have requested the following genres: action, bestsellers, biographies and memoirs, fantasy, history, horror, mysteries, science-fiction, true crime.
Do not send romances unless specifically requested by the individual! Our troops have received a disproportionate amount of this genre.
Be sure that the books you collect are in very good condition. Do not send books with loose, brittle, or missing pages, stains or water damage. Do not send books without front covers - these are called "stripped" books. Stripped books are paperbacks that were reported as "unsold and destroyed" to the publisher. Neither the author nor the publisher receives any payment for a stripped book, and such books are considered stolen property.
Department of Defense policy prohibits the distribution of materials that are: sexually-oriented or racist. In addition, volunteers cannot send large shipments of religious materials, though religious materials (ex. a single holy book) can be shipped if requested by an individual.
So, obviously, Shore Leave is a prime target for books of the sort they're seeking.
TerriO will also have a special personalized page that anyone donating can sign that will be included in the box when shipped. If you have any books autographed for the drive at the convention, please let the authors know when you approach them. That way the soldiers don't get books that have been personalized to you in the autograph. It's just...weird.
If you catch her at any time during the con and want to donate a book, please do. She will have a wheelie cart with her specifically to collect any books on the go, as it were.
Next stop: Dragon*Con!
ETA: Here's the LJ community, with the original Shore Leave announcement.
ETA2: In response to Greg Cox's question below, we're taking any types of books that match the categories mentioned. It started out as an SCE/Trek thing, but all books are welcome! As for comics and manga, I'm not sure about those. I'll see what I can find out.
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