Welcome to the website honoring Cameron Averitt Bobbitt. 
Cameron was an amazing little girl who died on January 19, 2006. She was truly one of the most precious people to ever walk this earth. As her parents, we will never be able to express the loss we feel now that Cameron is gone.
Even though Cameron was only five years old when she died, she loved to read books and share them with others. In December 2006, the family and friends of Cameron started a book club in her honor. This book club was inspired by her grandmother, who is a reading specialist.
We initially received over 200 books just by word of mouth. On the one year anniversary of Cameron’s death, we personally donated many of these books to schools, hospitals, libraries, and medical clinics. Many people from places that received books collected new books and sent them to us. This has allowed us to continue to provide books for children who otherwise might not have them. It is our hope that in receiving these books, children will share in the legacy of the joy of reading the way that Cameron did.
If you would like to help continue the book club, you are welcome to participate. Please purchase a book appropriate for a child of any age and send it directly to Cameron’s parents, Susan Averitt and Derrick Bobbitt.
If you or someone you know needs children’s books, please let us know. We would love to provide books to schools, clinics, churches, or other organizations that involve children. Reading with children is a way to help them learn to read, discover lessons about life, and feel loved.
Thank you so much for your interest in the book club. Enjoy your reading!
Sincerely,
Susan and Derrick Bobbitt
Go to the photos tab and check out our pictures from Jan 18-19, 2009. You’ll be able to see all the friends and family who participated. Also, check us out delivering books and sharing them with kids!
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Dear Heart, do you remember me? We used to be so close. You let me down, but hold me up. You keep me from feeling, yet hurt inside of me. How can I cling to you, yet feel so completely detached? I feel you beating, and know you’re there. I would love to just…feel. I am not the same. I don’t know how to know myself. I search for passion. I want to experience life. And yet I am so scared and guarded, because there is such pain just beneath the surface. Protect me as you must, but don’t vanish completely.
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We are happy to be sending parcels of books to the following organizations: Christway Community Services, Marion, AR/ OPEN Arms, Lonoke, AR/ Center For Children– ACH, Lowell, AR/Holly Street Daycare, Nashville, TN/ and Benton Co. Sunshine School, Rogers, AR.
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There was something so special about Cameron. You must understand. She was petite but so strong. She had such a presence. I don’t know how to explain it, but there is no justice in the human world. There is no plausible reason that an angelic child like Cameron should be taken away. It was so hard for me to get her. I went through so much. I had in-vitro fertilization. I got shot after shot after shot. I wanted her like nothing else. And she was truly the most amazing, precious thing I could imagine. Oh how it hurts that she is gone. Oh how I miss her. Sometimes it just hits me, how unfair it all is. How hard it is to ask a mother to live without her child. I just don’t know how someone can be expected to do it. It is truly a challenge beyond comprehension.
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Thanks To Jennifer Dean Boudreaux and her Louisiana book club ladies for a bundle of great children’s books. It is great that you guys celebrate books together and that you joined in on this great cause. We will put these books in the hands of some needy young readers!
Also, thanks to Denise Roark from my book club here in Fayetteville. She donated some great books as well. We are all part of the legacy of reading. Bookclubs are amazing!!
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