Today my good friend who also happens to be an amazing person, Diana Cosby, is swinging by to spread the word about an important cause. When I heard about her food drive challenge, I thought feeding others was a good way to feed the soul.
Diana, my blog is all yours today!
3rd International Food Bank Challenge
It's the
holidays again, an emotion-filled time where it seems there are not enough hours
in each day to fit everything in, not to mention dealing with the struggling
economy. But, in this time of financial
challenges, I ask each of you to please consider one more stop on your crazy to
do list, that of making a donation to a local food bank. Your donation can be a dollar, a can of corn,
whatever you can give. Anything you can
offer to those with nothing is a gift they didn't have.
I volunteer
for Habitat For Humanity, and something amazing happens when you allow a person
a flicker of hope, that somehow, incredibly, even a stranger understands that
at times life shoves us on a road we never asked for.
In 2010 in
addition to my personal donation to my local food bank, I decided to start a Food
Bank Challenge. Except, it wonderfully
got out of hand. Once I posted The Food
Bank Challenge on my Facebook page and my Facebook fan page, people from across
the U.S. began donating to their local food banks. Then, my Facebook pages received posts of
donations from Canada — the Food Bank Challenge went international! In 2011, donations for the International Food
Bank Food Challenge were made in the USA, Canada, Australia, & Indonesia. And you know what, this is truly a
blessing. In this venture, we all
win. Gifts from the heart do that, they
fill you, remind you there is good in the world, and that you can make a
positive as profound difference in others lives.
How it works:
Starting on the 1
st of November, when
you donate to a local food bank, post on my Facebook page or Facebook Fan page,
(
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Diana-Cosby-Romance-Author/150109024636?ref=ts),
beneath the daily International Food Bank Challenge post, add your donation
along with your name and contact information.
On December 5
th I will use
www.random.org
to draw from all of the names of people who donated that I received. The winner
will receive an autographed set of the MacGruder brother series to date; His
Captive, His Woman, His Conquest, and His Destiny.
Also, a copy of the Born To Bite, a Highland
vampire anthology featuring Hannah Howell, Erica Ridley, and myself.
I will
sign the set, and then send them priority to whoever you want to make a
personal holiday present.
If you post on this blog that you donated to
a local food bank and contact info, you’ll be entered in the drawing.
2012 International Food Bank Challenge – Goal: 1000 donations.
I wish each
of you a wonderful holiday season. May
your every dream come true!
Diana Cosby, AGC(AW),
USN Ret.
International
Best-Selling Author of the MacGruder Brothers series
Highland vampire
anthology
A retired Navy Chief, Diana
Cosby is an international bestselling author of Scottish medieval romantic
suspense. Her award-winning MacGruder
Brother books are available in five languages.
Diana has appeared at Lady Jane’s Salon, in NYC, and in Woman’s Day, on USA
Today’s romance blog, “Happily Ever After,” MSN.com, and in Texoma Living
Magazine.
After retiring as a
Navy Chief, AGC(AW), Diana dove into her passion – writing romance novels. With
34 moves behind her, she was anxious to create characters who reflected the
amazing cultures and people she’s met throughout the world.
Diana is currently working on the sixth book
in the award-winning MacGruder brother’s series, and in August released her
story in the anthology, “Born To Bite,” with Hannah Howell and Erica
Ridley.
Diana looks forward to the years
of writing ahead and meeting the amazing people who will share this journey.
www.dianacosby.com