http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com Share in the legacy of the joy of reading... Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:11:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com/2007/04/22/more-about-how-we-got-started/ http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com/2007/04/22/more-about-how-we-got-started/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:15:50 +0000 susanaveritt http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com/?p=14 For Christmas in 2006, the year Cameron died, our family presented us with a large number of books. We didn’t know that they had been collecting children’s books for us. It started out as an effort to supply children’s books for my examination rooms in my pediatric office. However by the time the books had all been received, there were well over 200 of them. We were amazed at the generosity and compassion of others. So many of our friends and family, as well as people who didn’t know us but were touched by our tragedy, wanted to do something for Cameron. The sight of all those beautiful books was incredible. Each book had been labled with the name of the person or family who had donated it. It also listed their hometown. We found that we had received books from over ten different states and all parts of our home state of Arkansas. On the one year anniversary of Cameron’s death, the book club made its first donation. Our family– myself, my husband, our two living daughters, and my mom and dad– had a full day of handing out books. We started by mailing out eight parcels of books to schools, hospitals, and clinics who had some connection to Cameron. In addition we hand delivered books to six places in the Fayetteville area. Pictures from this day are available to view in the photos section. Most of the institutions that received books from Cameron have sent us books in return. This is a wonderful way to keep the book club alive. Now we have more books to donate to those in need. If you or someone you know is in need of children’s books, please contact us. Cameron would love to share her books with you. Also if you want to donate, check out the donate section of this site! Thanks– Susan ]]> http://www.cameronsamazingbooks.com/2007/04/22/more-about-how-we-got-started/feed/ 0