Down and Dewey
Posted by Pamela Ribon on Apr 12, 2010 in Going In Circles Drive | 15 commentsHey, it’s pamie.
So I’ve got a few copies of GOING IN CIRCLES to give away to celebrate its release date next week [!!!], and I figured I’d pull poor, neglected Dewey out of the closet and into the mix.
I’ll do the work if you do the clicking. Each day I’ll throw a few wishlists up, each helping a different library in need, and one donor a day will receive a free, signed copy of my book. You can enter as many times as you like, and for as many days as you like. I figure we can tag a few wishlists a day, giving lovely surprises to librarians all over the place.
Dewey Donation System is like the Secret Santa of the Bookmobile.
Okay, today’s wishlists! Don’t forget to email me what you donated, and please leave a comment as to what you gave and why, because… well, because that’s my favorite part.
And if you know of some libraries in need, please email me with the information. I’m thinking Friday’s going to be Reader’s Choice charities.
MONDAY, APRIL 12th
In honor of Buttermilk Betty [AKA: the second-most awkward experience I've ever had in a pediatric care unit], and Jeff Long’s birthday [AKA: the person with whom I had the first-most awkward experience in a pediatric care unit] today we’ll send some books to a few children’s hospitals.
NOTE: From everything I’ve read, it’s best not to add gift-wrapping to these items, as they will have to be sterilized first.
UCSF Children’s Hospital Family Resource Room Wish List [The titles on this wishlist are breaking my heart.]
Incarnation Children’s Center: ICC is the only pediatric skilled nursing facility exclusively serving HIV-infected children and adolescents from natural, adoptive and foster families. Read more about them here.
More sad book titles over at the Children’s Hospital at Scott & White wishlist, providing care for children in Central Texas.
Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth: This is New Hampshire’s only children’s hospital. “Our goal is to help children feel welcome and safe no matter the reason for their visit.”
BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, BC.
Riley Hospital for Children — Indianapolis, IN: “The goal of the library is to serve the needs of the patients and family members in a reasonable and professional manner by providing materials and services similar to those available at a small public library. Our main goal by providing these services is, in essence, to provide services that make hospitalization a less frightening and intimidating experience for them.” [Pictures!]
Prefer to make a cash donation? You got it.
Recently, I’ve been lucky enough to work with the lovely Alyssa Milano on her upcoming show Romantically Challenged. Since I know she’s sitting around all jittery with ONE WEEK left until the premiere, I figured Dewey would send his equivalent of a bouquet of flowers. I asked her if there’s a Children’s Hospital close to her heart. She stopped Twittering long enough to answer me.
“YES! I volunteer at the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA and they do outstanding work.”
Okay, so there’s Monday’s contest! It goes until I put up Tuesday’s contest. For those of you donating to try to win a book, good luck! For those of you donating because you love to help: you are good.
Don’t forget to email me what you donated so you can be counted!
People ask me, "Dewey, I like your new look, why the change?" and I say "I always thought of myself as well-red."
Quick question for you. I’d love to give to the BC Children’s Hospital, as I’m from the Vancouver area, and I was wondering if you had an amazon.ca link for their wishlist, by any chance? I’d love to be able to give through the Canadian site, if that’s at all possible.
Thanks!
Hmm. Couldn’t find a wishlist on Amazon.ca, but I did find the website for the hospital’s fundraising organization. Here’s a link to their library, which has the address. That way you could buy the same books through the amazon.ca website, and use that shipping address.
Family Resource Library
BC’s Children’s Hospital
4480 Oak Street, Rm. K2-126
Ambulatory Care Building
Vancouver, B.C. V6H 3V4
1-800-331-1533 ext 2
Tel: (604) 875-2345 Local 5102
Fax: (604) 875-3455
Email: famreslib@cw.bc.ca
Hope that helps! And thank you!
Hey Pam,
I love this cause and I’m happy to be able to help!
I just bought these titles for UCSF Children’s Hospital:
The Liver Disorders Sourcebook – Howard J. Worman
Scoliosis: Ascending the Curve – Brooke Lyons
When a Baby Dies: A Handbook for Healing and Helping – Rana K. Limbo
When Your Kidneys Fail – Mickie Hall Faris
I chose these for a variety of reasons. 1. My mom has scoliosis and it makes me feel like I’m helping her by helping others; 2. babies just shouldn’t die and when they do it feels like the world is ending, the fact that there’s a book out there to help people deal with this sort of loss makes me feel like it needs to be in every hospital; 3. your liver and kidneys are organs you need! Good God, I can’t imagine losing one or even part of one.
So there you have it. Excited to read your third book – good luck with everything!
[Thanks, Kate! Those are all really good reasons to give. As I learned last week in Monroe, kidneys are really important. Good luck with the contest! -- pamie]
Hi Pam,
It always makes me happy to see that little Dewey pop up on my screen. I’m a librarian and I know that libraries of all types are hurting today. So today I sent “Self Healing With Guided Imagery” to the UCSF Children’s Hospital Family Resource Room Wish List.
Thanks for organizing this again! I’m very much looking forward to reading your new book as well.
Best,
Jennie Duvernay
Sent to Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth:
“My Friend has Down Syndrome” by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
“Susan Laughs” by Jeanne Willis
“My Friend Isabelle” by Eliza Woloson
I am donating these books in honor of Katelyn A., who was born with Down Syndrome in December, and had open heart surgery last week (at 3 months old!) to repair a hole in her heart.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to donate to a wonderful cause.
Liz G.
Hi Pamie,
Thanks so much for bringing back Dewey and having a Canadian Hospital on the list! The BC Children’s hospital is now being sent Gilmore Girls Season 7 (because who doesn’t love Gilmore Girls!), Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepy Time Tales DVD (I loved goodnight moon as a kid) and Transformers DVD (because the boys need something to watch).
Looking forward to reading your new book!
I had thought about donating to my home hospital, but in looking through the lists, I decided to give to the ICC instead, because I’ve always had a huge heart for kids with HIV/AIDS, and they definitely deserve something awesome.
I gave Skip-Bo and Monopoly, because those were two of my favourite games growing up. They’re easy to play, and always provide hours of amusement and laughter, and all kids deserve to have fun and laugh every day. Laughter is the best medicine, after all! :)
I too can’t wait to read your new book!
UCSF is now getting, thanks to Dewey:
“What Can I Give You: The Moving Account of One Family’s Journey to Understand the Many Faces of Their Child’s Chronic Condition”
and
“Spanish Bible: Reina-Valera”
… because my wonderful first-born, now 4 years old, was born at UCSF. And reading this Wish List makes me grateful, all over again, that she is healthy and thriving. And I hope these resources provide help & comfort to kids and families there.
I just purchased ‘Fancy Nancy: Explorer Extraordinaire!’ and ‘Clifford Goes to Hollywood’ for the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Estimated delivery this Wednesday, April 14th. Finally I get to use my Amazon Prime membership for a good cause rather than just adding to my own overstuffed bookshelves!
I’m so happy to see the Dewey Donation System up again. I work in a public library in a small town so I understand the positive impact that libraries have on communities.
Thank you for restarting this great cause. Also- did you know that it’s National Library Week?
I didn’t know it was National Library Week! Thanks, Miranda.
MORE DONORS!
From the inbox–
Hi Pamie,
Hope your knee is feeling better. Just ordered Scoliosis Surgery: The Definitive Patient’s Reference for UCSF Children’s Hospital waiting room. I would have loved a resource like this prior to my spinal fusion in 1992. Hope it can be of help to their patients.
Good luck with the knee and thanks for setting up a system like this!
Nicki
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Hi Pamie,
For Dewey – bilingual toy cell phone for the Central Texas hospital. Sniff!
Thanks,
Jen
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Hi Pam,
Good to see the Dewey Donation System back up!
I donated the following to the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis since it is in my neighboring state. Though any children’s hospital does great work, of course.
“The Incredibles”: It’s my favorite Pixar movie, and if there is ever a time you want to feel like a superhero when you are a kid, it is when you are in the hospital.
“Hi! Fly Guy” by Tedd Arnold: My kids have loved these books.
“Suzy Mule” by Barbara Derubertis
Thanks for doing this.
Mike
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From constant pamie.com donor angel Michael–
Hi Pamie -
I donated the following to the Dewey Book Drive. Always happy to pitch in and help kids.
Children’s Hospital at Scott & White :
– “IlluStory Make Your Own Story Kit”
– “Zobmondo!! You Gotta Be Kidding – The Crazy Game of “Would You Rather” for Kids”
Riley Hospital for Children :
– “Sick Girl Speaks!: Lessons and Ponderings Along the Road to Acceptance” by Tiffany Christensen
– “Punctuation Celebration” by Elsa Knight Bruno
– “Up (Single Disc Widescreen)”
Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA :
– cash donation
Thanks for bringing Dewey back and good luck with Romantically Challenged.
Michael
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Hi Pamie!
I was feeling really lucky today — I got a bonus at work, I’m gearing up to start a new, challenging job soon, and I got to spend a great weekend with my sister and parents. AND spring is here, and it’s gorgeous outside. Here’s what I donated:
UCSF: “Lizzy Gets a New Liver” because it made me cry, and because it was listed as highest priority. What a horribly scary thing to have to go through as a child, but how lucky there’s a book to help someone through!
Incarnation: a sticker book, because I always loved sticker books but was never allowed to get them (relatively expensive compared to coloring books), and an X-Box controller, because they wanted 4 and only got 1, and that struck me as kind of lonely. Bad enough to be in the hospital — there’s no need to be lonely playing X-Box!
Scott & White: the toy medical set, I guess under the theory that having your own set of medical tools to play with might take some of the fear out of it when the doctor comes after you with the real thing.
Dartmouth: “Special People, Special Ways” and “Let’s Talk About Going to the Hospital” — one of these was listed as highest priority, and they both made me well up.
Riley: “Last Lecture,” “I Miss You: A 1st Look at Death,” and “Sad Isn’t Bad: A Good Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss” because Randy Pausch’s lecture made me BAWL when I saw it and also made me ashamed of myself for the amount of whining I often let myself indulge in, and the other two because it breaks my heart that a children’s hospital needs those books.
UCLA: $20. I ran out of money, Pam.
Thank you for reminding me to remember how good life is and how important it is to share that with as many people as possible.
Best,
Catherine
I am so excited to see Dewey is back, and in time for National Library Week! I chose to donate to the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis because it’s my homestate’s neighbor. I sent Click, Clack, Splish, Splash and Bitty Fish, which were both listed as high priority and looked like good books to help early readers have a bit of fun in a not-so-fun situation.
To Riley Hospital for Children:
Monsters vs. Aliens and Marley and Me dvds because my family liked both of those movies.
Thanks for brining Dewey back!!!!!
I sent the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth two books from their list.
The Sibling Slam Book: What It’s Really Like To Have A Brother Or
Sister With Special Needs
because this seemed like a great book if you’re a kid in this situation.
Jokelopedia: The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest Joke Book Ever
because big dumb joke books were one of the best parts of my childhood.
As you know by now, this whole project kicks ass. Way to go!
-Eric
Off to the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth:
- 2 Uno decks
- I Spy Lightning in the Sky
- I Spy a Penguin
- I Spy a Butterfly
- I Spy a Balloon
I love card games, and Uno is fun and easy for just about anyone to play.
The I Spy books are fun for a wide range of ages, too (even I get a kick out of them still). If you’re stuck in the hospital, you should have some fun things to do.
Thanks for bringing Dewey back.
I donated Planet Earth on DVD to the Incarnation Children’s Center.