{"id":11996,"date":"2017-06-25T16:30:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T06:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/?p=11996"},"modified":"2021-08-30T16:57:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T06:57:44","slug":"the-write-stuff-to-help-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/the-write-stuff-to-help-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"The Write Stuff to Help Kids!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Children \u2013 they\u2019re precious, innovative, exciting, cute and annoying all at the same time. I\u2019m so grateful to be a parent (though I do complain *sometimes*), and cherish having a career that enables me to work from home \u2013 so I get to be there when my kids get home from school. Lucky me!! My youngest just turned ten \u2013 wow, time flies! I’m feeling old.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m also feeling excited \u2013 because I\u2019m doing so much with kids and writing at the moment. Check out all these fab writing classes I\u2019m running for young writers at my local libraries and community college these school holidays (click to book):<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>And of course every year I also spend a significant amount of time raising money with my writing for The Kids\u2019 Cancer Project<\/a>. In fact, it\u2019s that time of year when I reach out to readers and parents, uncles and aunties, grandparents, carers, teachers, kind-hearted folk and even those after a tax deduction receipt… to sponsor my attempt at the charity’s Write-a-Book-in-a-Day challenge. Along with some dedicated members of my Northern Beaches Writers\u2019 Group<\/a>, I will be facing the challenge on Saturday 26th<\/sup> August and our goal is to raise a minimum of $2,000 for this incredibly worthwhile charity. One little boy with cancer was given three months to live but, thanks to treatments and research funded by The Kids\u2019 Cancer Project<\/a>, he\u2019s still alive today. All The Good Feelies! Please help researchers continue their work by sponsoring my team here<\/a> \u2013 you can choose whether or not the charity displays your name on the page in thanks:<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019d like to read more about the project and what it\u2019s meant for my writers\u2019 group, I did a brief interview with the charity here:<\/p>\n

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It feels so good to make a difference and bring people smiles. So in return for sponsoring us (even a dollar would do \u2013 click here<\/a>!), I\u2019ll gift you this for all the smiles it will bring (WARNING: even if you find the humour distasteful, keep watching until the end, it’s worth it!):<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Did it bring you a smile? Well, hey, that sponsorship link is right over here, he he: https:\/\/www.writeabookinaday.com\/teams\/nbwg <\/a><\/p>\n

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Children \u2013 they\u2019re precious, innovative, exciting, cute and annoying all at the same time. I\u2019m so grateful to be a parent (though I do complain *sometimes*), and cherish having a career that enables me to work from home \u2013 so I get to be there when my kids get home\u2026<\/p>\n

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