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PBT Charitable Contribution - Exciting Announcement!!
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Wow!!! Thank you to Anita, everyone who donated points, and Nicole R. Nicole, I was just asking another PBTer where you were and poof, you appear.
Would PBT be able to set up a cash app or something where members can donate monies through the year and it can be donated with the points donation?
That is fabulous news! Thank you Nicole R for your generosity! Thank you, Anita!The fundementality of READING has never been more evident than now. Thanks to everyone!
Thank you Nicole for the generous gift to all the children and PBT! Thank you Anita for handling it all!
And thank you to all the members who donated their points!
That's amazing!!! Thank you to everyone who made this happen. What a wonderful thing to be a part of!
This is fantastic news. Thank you, Nicole, for sponsoring the donation and to all the contributors.
That is huge!! What a fabulous donation!Nicole, you are such a star. And we miss you like crazy. Sending love
Kudos to everyone who made this happen!
Wow, that is amazing! What a great group of people we have here! <3
Anita, thank you for the lovely words. It was absolutely my pleasure to make the donation for PBT this year. I second her excitement and gratitude that our kind-hearted and giving PBTers stepped up to support an organization that champions childhood reading. It is not always apparent on the outside, but Anita personally funds the raffle and other prizes month after month -- the many years I was an admin I was always in some kind of school and Anita never accepted any help from me, kindly acknowledging our different financial situations and paying forward some goodwill in the world. I am grateful to now have a career (thanks to all those years of school!) to help not just Anita, but to honor everyone in PBT whom I adore.
@Jason -- my career, which is what led me to step down as admin, has also drastically reduced my participation in PBT. I still read a lot (and silently lurk on PBT), but my reads have shifted to almost exclusively light-hearted contemporary romance, and I rarely review those books. However, I was JUST telling Anita that my professional life has become more predictable (even if not less demanding) and I would like the challenge of reading one book each month in 2025 for the PBT tag AND reviewing that book here! So hopefully you will see more of me in the coming year. :)
Nicole R wrote: "Anita, thank you for the lovely words. It was absolutely my pleasure to make the donation for PBT this year. I second her excitement and gratitude that our kind-hearted and giving PBTers stepped up..."Thank you so much, Nicole, for your kind words!
And I'm even more delighted that you will be dipping your toe back in the PBT waters to join us for a book a month. That makes me so happy! Even if it's all romance, I just like seeing your name now and again.
But, I'm also looking very much forward to a face to face visit sometime this year! I'm gonna make that happen.
Wow! That's wonderful!A big thank you to both Anita and Nicole R.
Nicole, I too look forward to seeing more of you.
I too will be delighted to see your reviews again, Nicole. Personally I will embrace seeing a few romance reviews from you 😍
Once again, we have amazing wonderful humans in PBT. Thank you to Anita and Nicole for your generosity and everything you do for us here and beyond. A $3000 donation to help children learn to read and love to read gives me so much hope and joy!
This is fabulous! Thanks Anita plus Nicole R! Reading is a privilege many of us take for granted and it's a great gift to help children learn to read.It will be lovely if we're able to see you hear more often, Nicole, but of course your new career is very demanding :)
I'm late to this conversation, as I didn't donate any of my points. I've made a monthly donation to Reading is Fundamental since I retired as a primary reading teacher. I suppose, I felt it would be redundant to put my points in the basket. That said, I'm so very impressed and grateful to Anita and Nicole and all of the wonderful PBT participants! This is such an amazing group!
Oh I’m thrilled to hear this! Thank you Nicole! That’s great news all around. Thank you to Anita and Nicole for your generosity (of all types) over all these years on behalf of the group. This is a great cause that is very special to me and my mom, and it warms my heart to think of all the young readers that will benefit.
Nicole R wrote: "Anita, thank you for the lovely words. It was absolutely my pleasure to make the donation for PBT this year. I second her excitement and gratitude that our kind-hearted and giving PBTers stepped up..."And I cannot wait to read one of your scathing reviews of a book Nicole!
What fabulous news! Thank you so much Nicole.
Nicole and Anita, I just want to say that your generosity of time, spirit, and funds, speak so highly of your values and who you are as people. You inspire, and you raise us all to greater heights. I am so blessed you both are in this world, shining brightly, not to mention are leaders to us. Thank you for simply being you.
This is wonderful news, indeed. So happy to see Nicole R still participating, and in such a generous and giving way! And yes, please DO review one of those romances. Every time I read one with the virgin trope (who, of course, has fantastic orgasms with her first experience) I think of you!We really missed you in our "Fall into Smut" thread!
Big thanks to Anita for organising a constructive use of points that I wouldn't have used so they could benefit others. Big thanks to Nicole R for covering the donation. A positive end to the year.
Happy to see you back a little bit, Nicole! And happy for you that your job is becoming a bit easier on your "normal" life. :-)
What a wonderful year-end bonus to a wonderful cause. Big thanks to Anita and to Nicole R. for their contributions, monetary and organizational. This is a great community for building friendships and stimulating discussions. The Challenges just add to the enjoyment.
I also will look forward to your reviews, Nicole. Do put in a few romance ones when you find a particularly good one. There are a few of us here who would love a recommendation.
Collectively, people donated 8425 points!
Thank you to Book Concierge, Ellen, Hannah, Holly, Jason, Jen T, Jen K, Joanne, Joy, Karin, KateNZ, Linda, Linda C, Nancy, Nicole D, Olivermagnus, Pam, Rachel N, Robin P, Shelly, Sue, Theresa, and Tien for donating points this year.
So, our donation collectively was $842.50 - - over $300 more than last year. Woo-hoo!!
But there's more. Our former and very beloved and much missed administrator, Nicole R, kindly offered to sponsor our ENTIRE donation this year.
And she ROUNDED IT UP to $1000!!!
This was a very unexpected and generous offer, and I'm so grateful to her for doing this for us. I know we all miss her, and it's extra gratifying to know we are still in her heart as she is in ours.
But there's even more good news than that!
Yesterday, there was a special MATCH for any donations made on the 28th. It was a TRIPLE match.
So the benefit to Reading is Fundamental was $3000!!!!
I'm so happy. Reading is near and dear to all of our hearts for the pleasure it brings, but it's also a super critical life skill that all children need, and I'm delighted that we are helping children become readers. Today, we helped!
Nicole R, thank you so much for making this donation on our behalf, and thank you to all of our members who participated all year long to make PBT a fun and vibrant reading community.