Joyce and I went on a road trip this April to deliver over 2000 books to 8 locations across the Midwest/Mideast states of Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Our Gifting Partners of Families First Counseling (Waterloo IA) and Ronald McDonald Houses in Chicago, Columbus, Cleveland, Akron, Pittsburgh, Morgantown, and Cincinnati (in that order)…

As we head into the holiday season, the Foundation has been very busy. Book deliveries to our Gifting Partner network has been pretty steady, with books provided to Ronald McDonald Houses in Omaha, Kansas City, Des Moines, plus two new locations: Pittsburgh & Morgantown WV! Plus we added two new mental wellness partners: Adult, Child,…

We made an unplanned trip to Kansas City, but had already been talking to the Ronald McDonald House there to arrange a 1st Quarter donation. Luckily, they were able to accommodate our change in plans, so we packed up 120 books and added the KC RMH to our partnership network. This marks our 11th RMH…

Over the past 2 months, the Foundation has added 3 more locations to our network of partners that support kids dealing with illness. We’ve donated over 800 books in the first half of 2023 to our partners by adding the Ronald McDonald Houses in Omaha, Des Moines, and Iowa City. With 11 different partner organizations…

The founders took a trip to Sioux Falls, South Dakota and donated 120 books to the Ronald McDonald House of SD, making them the 5th location that we have partnered with in our mission to provide comfort to children via reading. With this gift, Healing Chapters Foundation has provided over 1300 books to organizations that,…

Healing Chapters Foundation partnered with IBM as part of their Employee Charitable giving campaign on Oct 4. IBM provided 250 kits to Family Service Rochester and 250 kits to Rochester Ronald McDonald House containing various items for the families that those organizations serve. Healing Chapters provided 500 copies of a children’s book (The Wonders of…

We have now expanded our partnership to a 4th organization, the Ronald McDonald House, Upper Midwest. This group actually consists of 5 different House locations — 2 in Minneapolis, 2 in St Paul, and 1 in Duluth. We provided 90 books (10 copies each of the 9 titles in our “library”) that will be distributed…

The St Louis Ronald McDonald House is our newest partner, delivering books to the children and families that they service. Founders, Mark & Joyce Even, delivered 135 books to the St Louis downtown location, consisting of copies of each of the 9 books in our “Library”. RMH St Louis has 3 locations and will spread…

Our library now consists of 9 titles of books. Some are for early/non-readers, some for middle-grade. Some are girl friendly, some are boy friendly, and some are for everyone. And now, 2 of the books are bi-lingual, written in both English and Spanish. We’ve connected with Arte Publico Press and the University of Houston in…