UPDATE: The winner is…Jolene!
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My sincere thanks to Delilah for allowing me to return to her wonderful blog and share an update of Diana Cosby’s Romance Readers Build A Habitat For Humanity Home.
A bit of background. Romance readers are AMAZING, and SO is Habitat For Humanity, a charity that I love supporting and volunteering for. Several years ago I thought, why not pair the two and help a deserving family receive a home? And, the Diana Cosby’s Romance Reader’s Build A Habitat For Humanity House fundraiser was born.
I contacted the Habitat For Humanity office in Grayson County, Texas, where I’ve had the honor of helping with several builds and spoke with Laurie Mealy, Executive Director. She embraced the project and was thrilled at the thought of pairing romance readers, who love stories where heroes and heroines overcome challenges to make their dreams come true, with making the dream of homeownership for a deserving family a reality.
Goal: Fund an entire home – $55,000.
I kicked off the challenge by donating $200. As I write this, we’ve raised $23,735, and we’re only $3,854 away from having raised ½ the funds needed to build a Habitat For Humanity Home! Romance readers are amazing, and I have complete faith that as the stories they love, they will continue to join together to raise the amount necessary to give a deserving family a home.
How it works:
As readers send donations to Habitat for Humanity of Grayson County for the ‘Diana Cosby’s Readers Build A Habitat For Humanity House of Love,’ the total contributions are updated below the house graphic on the upper right side of their homepage. Donations can be sent via PayPal by ‘clicking’ on the house, which takes you to the donation page, or by mailing a check or money order to:
Habitat for Humanity of Grayson County
901 N. Grand Avenue
P.O. Box 2725
Sherman, TX 75091
*Please note on your donation: ‘For Diana Cosby’s Romance Readers Build A Habitat For Humanity House.’
Again, my sincere thanks to Delilah for allowing me to return to her blog, and another huge thanks to everyone for helping make an incredible difference in a deserving family’s life. For when they walk into a Habitat For Humanity house, it’s more thank mortar and wood, but a place where they can call home.
*Photos used with permission of Habitat For Humanity Grayson County, TX.
About the Author
A retired Navy Chief, Diana Cosby is an international bestselling author of Scottish medieval romantic suspense. Books in her award-winning MacGruder Brothers series have been translated into five languages. Diana has spoken at the Library of Congress, Lady Jane’s Salon in NYC, and appeared in Woman’s Day, on USA Today’s romance blog, “Happy Ever After,” MSN.com, Atlantic County Women Magazine, and Texoma Living Magazine.
After her career in the Navy, Diana dove into her passion – writing romance novels. With 34 moves behind her, she was anxious to create characters who reflected the amazing cultures and people she’s met throughout the world. After the release of the bestselling MacGruder Brothers series and The Oath Trilogy, she released the bestselling The Forbidden Series.
Diana looks forward to the years of writing ahead and meeting the amazing people who will share this journey.
Contest
***ONE winner will be drawn from everyone who posts on my Habitat For Humanity post on Delilah’s blog between 15 March 2021 – 21 March 2021. The winner will receive a Mug.
God bless,
Diana Cosby, International Best-Selling Author
www.dianacosby.com
The Oath Trilogy
MacGruder Brother Series
The Forbidden Series
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What a great charity. Good luck on your goal.
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great to support
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Such a worthy cause.
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I love this idea. thanks so much for doing this.
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Delilah,
My deepest thanks for inviting me back to share an update on the fundraiser, ” Diana Cosby’s Romance Reader’s Build A Habitat For Humanity House.” A HUGE thanks to everyone who is helping to make the dream of a home for a deserving family come true. Take care and God bless.
Sincerely,
Diana Cosby, AGC(AW), USN, Ret.
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Jolene wrote: What a great charity. Good luck on your goal.
~Hi Jolene, thank you so much for stopping by and for your good wishes. I agree, Habitat For Humanity makes such a tremendous difference in so many lives. Take care and God bless.
Sincerely,
Diana Cosby, AGC(AW), USN, Ret.
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bn100 wrote: great to support
~Hi bn100, so nice to see you. I agree, Habitat For Humanity is a wonderful charity. Take care and God bless.
Sincerely,
Diana Cosby, AGC(AW), USN, Ret.
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Mary Preston wrote: Such a worthy cause.
~Hi Mary, very nice to see you. I agree, Habitat For Humanity makes such a huge positive difference in so many lives. Take care and God bless.
Sincerely,
Diana Cosby, AGC(AW), USN, Ret.
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Debra Guyette wrote: I love this idea. thanks so much for doing this.
~Hi Debra, nice seeing you. 🙂 My deepest thanks to the romance readers who are joining together to help make the dream of home ownership to a deserving family come true.
Take care and God bless.
Sincerely,
Diana Cosby, AGC(AW), USN, Ret.
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Don’t enter me in the contest, Diana I just wanted to share how much I love Habitat and what a great thing you’re doing.
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Anna Taylor Sweringen wrote: Don’t enter me in the contest, Diana I just wanted to share how much I love Habitat and what a great thing you’re doing.
~Hi Anna, wonderful seeing you. Habitat For Humanity as romance readers are amazing, and it’s a blessing to see both come together to help make the dream of home ownership to a deserving family come true. Take care, my friend and God bless.
Sincerely,
Diana Cosby, AGC(AW), USN, Ret.
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Delilah,
Thank you SO much for having me back on your wonderful blog to share an update on “Diana Cosby’s Romance Readers Build A Habitat For Humanity Home.” Another huge thanks to everyone who stopped by.
Congratulations to Jolene, the winner of the mug!
Wonderful seeing y’all. Take care and I wish you the very best.
God bless,
Diana Cosby, AGC(AW), USN, Ret.
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Congrats to Jolene and thanks to Diana!