A Good Time for This One

So many worthy causes! So many people in need! So little time! Every month it's difficult to decide where I should be sending Seed Campaign funds. But this month, I've chosen a group whose work is especially critical in these times and fits nicely with the theme of my book.



I Love These Win-Win Scenarios

Since I know how life-changing running your own business can be, I've decided to donate this month to the Association of Women's Business Centers (AWBC), which helps more than 150,000 women entrepreneurs across the country with training, mentoring and financial opportunities.

AWBC believes what I found out myself: When a woman runs her own business, she can not only reinvent and energize her own life but also she can have a huge financial and psychological impact on her greater community.

The money we can raise in March through the Seed Campaign will help women get their businesses off the ground or keep them going--at a time when every community needs every financial engine possible to maintain growth and jobs.

Please click here to find out about AWBC's excellent work


Every Dollar Works Harder Through the Seed Campaign

Everyone is being careful with their money these days, so make every dollar count for more.

If you'd like to buy my book to give as inspiration to an entrepreneur (along the lines of, if I can do it anyone can) or if you simply need to buy something on Amazon, your money can go farther to help women business owners.

Remember how it works: Go to my website and click on "Buy the Book," which will take you to Amazon.

Once you're at Amazon, either buy my book (smile!) or find another product to buy. Amazon will return a commission on any item purchased to the Seed Campaign. EASY!

Previous Successes!

I'm happy to tell you that last month we raised $224 for the Ruby Slipper Project in Atlanta. That's the organization that does home or room makeovers for people going through transition. I'm so pleased that we could help this wonderful group in any way possible.

Also, above, you'll see the photo of my darling nephew Jake with my brother Jim presenting a check for $1,043 to Cure Search, the children's cancer research organization--donated in his name and made possible by all of you in the month of December.

Thanks to all of you for spreading the word about the Seed Campaign and my book. It really does work!

More Info on the Lavender Queen Hill Country Tour

Here are a few more specifics on the tour I'm going to be doing of places mentioned in my book.

It will be a one-day tour on Friday, June 12th--to coincide with the Blanco Lavender Festival which is June 13 & 14. It will be a very full day, featuring a stop at our old stone barn (above) and lunch at the Blanco Bowling Club Cafe and dinner at the Welfare Cafe.

I'll be sending out a separate mailing with all the specifics and the details on how to sign up. Stay tuned.

Thanks so much for all your help and enthusiasm--

Jeannie

From Nicaragua to Atlanta

Hello:

We're all probably painfully aware that purchasing power isn't what it used to be, but I want to remind you that through my Seed Campaign, you can make every dollar mean more!

Last month through the Seed Campaign, we raised money for a mission helping orphans in Nicaragua; this month Seed Campaign funds will go to a cause closer to home--one that truly embraces the meaning and power of "home."

Books for Orphans

I'm happy to report that in January, we raised $234 for Abrazando Cristo, the mission based in Lake Charles, LA, that has devoted itself to helping educate children at the San Cristobal (Nicaragua) Orphanage.

A couple of weeks ago, I had the chance to meet the woman who suggested that I give to Abrazando Cristo through the Seed Campaign. Her name is Laurie Cormier and she has traveled frequently to Nicaragua to work with the children.

Laurie tells me that the money we raised will go to buying books for the orphans. How appropriate is that? "You just can't imagine the wonder and joy on these kids' faces when they see books," she tells me. "They have such respect for them; they don't have many at all."

Let's hope that this money can buy lots and lots of wonder and joy!

There's No Place Like Home

This month, money we can raise through the Seed Campaign will go to a clever, innovative cause in Atlanta called The Ruby Slipper Project.

The project grants interior design makeovers to families dealing with trauma, including teens aging out of foster care, evacuees from Hurricane Katrina and others going through transitions. Such as a high-school senior battling cancer, who just got a brighter, cooler bedroom where she can recover, thanks to the project.

The project believes that when someone is dealing with sickness and other problems they need the haven and security of home to keep going.

Click here to find out more about The Ruby Slipper Project's wonderful work.

A "Lavender Queen" Tour of the Texas Hill Country

I want to announce a special event I'm working on: I'm putting together a tour of many of the beautiful and meaningful locations mentioned in my book.

I'm planning to offer this 2-day tour just before the Blanco Lavender Festival, which is the weekend of June 13-15. We could visit Rose-Hill Manor, the Welfare Cafe, the Blanco Bowling Club, Krause Springs and--I hope!--our old stone barn where the story takes place.

Let me know if you have any interest in this excursion. I'll keep you posted on what's being planned and what the cost will be. Should be a blast!

Keep It Coming

Hope you'll continue to support the Seed Campaign by buying your Amazon products (and any more of my books you may need!) via my website.

Remember to click on "Buy the Book" on the home page of my website and after you get to The Lavender Queen book page on Amazon, you can do other shopping from there.

Thanks so much for all your help and enthusiasm--

Jeannie