Events | Debra R. Borys

This Saturday, You can buy a great book about street kids and have $10 of your purchase price donated to The Night Ministry to help actual kids on the street.

I already told everyone about my attending the Chicago Tribune’s Printers Row Lit Fest this Saturday June 7 from 2-6 p.m. During that time, for each print copy of Bend Me, Shape Me or Painted Black that’s sold, I will donate $10 to The Night Ministry.

A great deal, right? However, because so many of my friends don’t live in Chicago, I decided to extend that offer beyond the limited venue of the festival. On Saturday, June 7 if you order/buy a print version of either book ANYWHERE (online or in a bookstore) between 12 a.m. and midnight, I will send TNM a check for $10.

To get the donation to where it will do some good, all you need to do is email me a copy of your receipt showing the date, time and purchase price. I will email you back with confirmation of your donation and The Night Ministry will have more funds in their coffers to help homeless men, women, and children.

Message me on Facebook. If you don’t hear from me within a week after sending it, message again or contact me on here or on Facebook.

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If you do come to the Printers Row Festival, I will be in Tent F on the map below, waiting to share your money with the organization who inspired me to write these books.

Just in time to help spread the word about my attendance at the Dekalb Library Author Fair tomorrow, Mysterias Blog posted an interview of me today. Here’s one of the answers I gave, but I hope you will click through to read the whole interview.

Excluding family, name three people who either inspired you or influenced your creativity.

The volunteers and staff at The Night Ministry in Chicago were influential in helping me see the importance of reaching out and how much of an impact compassion and acceptance can make in someone else’s life. If I have to name three people in particular, I think it would be three homeless young men I met while I volunteered with TNM. Eric was my first lesson in how to give unconditional love. He was messed up, involved in male prostitution to feed his drug habit, yet so kind and vulnerable that I couldn’t fault him for that. I could see there was more to him than the struggles he was going through. Then there was Chris, who was bi-polar but so smart. He was always the first to be there for his friends and anyone he felt was being treated unfairly. He and I studied for his GED and he finally got back on his feet and I’m sure is out there still standing up for those less fortunate. Then there was Anthony. He had some sort of learning disability and had had an abusive childhood, but he was always the happiest young man you could ever hope for. His positive outlook on life never wavered for long, and his smile always cheered me up when I was feeling down.

via Mysteristas | Interview: Debra Borys.