Lend a Helping Hand

The Friends International Library committee thanks all of you for your continued interest and support for helping to generate Power of Goodness for the world’s young people. The long-range vision of the Friends International Library (FIL) committee includes many versions in many languages of Power of Goodness for countries in many parts of the world where the messages in the stories will be a force for reconciliation and peace. There are many ways you can help further the Power of Goodness project. Some are practical and some are financial. Both are needed to insure future versions of the story collection. We truly appreciate any and all forms of participation.

Help with Covering Costs

Our highest priority is manuscript preparation and pre-press expenses for the second Chechen edition. Our budget for this first phase is $7,600. We already have raised $1,200 and with your help, we will reach this first goal soon.

Our budget for the development of the peace curriculum, seminars for teachers, and the printing of 10,000 copies of Power of Goodness is set at $95,000. Our partner organizations, Peacebuilding UK, a social service non-profit organization in Britain that founded the “Little Star” program that works with young people who have been traumatized by war, and the Chechnya Advocacy Group in New York City, have taken the lead in submitting proposals for his phase of the project.

• Please consider making a donation yourself.
• Invite your Quaker meeting or church community to make a donation.
• Let us know of any funding sources (large or small) that could offer financial help.

Help with the Story Pool

The FIL committee has begun to create a pool of inspiring stories from around the globe that exemplify nonviolence and reconciliation. Do you know such a story? Pass it along to us--whether already fully written or just an idea or an experience or relationship. We can help you research and develop the story into final form for possible use in a new edition.

Help with Youth Illustrations

Please help us locate young people ages six to twenty from all parts of the world to create illustrations for new stories. It will be an invaluable contribution if you put us in touch with individual youth or schools that will have an interest in helping with this.

Make your check out to:

• Friends International Library

And mail it to:

• Friends International Library
  c/o Janet N. Riley, Executive Secretary
  822 B Santa Maria Avenue
  Los Osos, CA USA 93402

If you have any question and/or comments please e-mail or phone us at:

• Phone: 805/534-9597
  E-Mail: FIL@Quaker.org

For USA taxpayers, we are a qualified 501(c)(3) organization for tax deductible contributions. For contributors in other countries, check local tax regulations or ask your own meeting or church to learn more about Friends International Library and agree to forward contributions.

Any offer of help is greatly appreciated. We hope you will be led to lend a helping hand.

Please consider making a tax deductible contribution: