By Russell Hatler A year ago , shortly after Hurricane Florence blew the pants off the Outer Banks and devastated Wilmington, a friend of mine from Puerto Rico, Tony Perez, phoned to tell me our President had announced to the world that the recovery from Hurricane Maria exactly one year earlier was finished, and the […]
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Emergency Assistance for NC Writers
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
With parts of I-40 and I-95 still closed and plenty of inland cities in North Carolina still feeling the effects of Hurricane Florence, we were glad to get an e-mail last week from Isabel Howe, the Executive Director of The Authors League Fund. The Authors League Fund “provides emergency assistance to professional writers facing unexpected […]
Donate Children’s Books to Hurricane Matthew Victims
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
From our friends at the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources: Raleigh—While many household items and family treasures have been lost to Hurricane Matthew, books can help children of all ages escape for a bit from the storm’s tremendous devastation. The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, in partnership with the North […]