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Completed Special Initiatives

Winter 2020-21 Native American School Kits Initiative to deliver 12 kits to schools and organizations serving the Native American community during the pandemic

We exceeded our 2020-21 goal and sent 14 School Kits to Native American Schools and Organizations.

Our First Little Free Library Donation in Fort Collins - 2022

Our 10-year-old Artist Painting the Library

In the Community

Giving away books as part of our ongoing Read-a-Hero Literacy program for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer county.

One of our contest winners in our Read a Hero literacy program for Boys & Girls Clubs.

Great Book Giveaway - Christmas 2009. Over 450 books donated to three organizations that work with children!

Great Book Giveaway - Realities for Children event.

The Great Book Giveaway 2014 - El Triunfo Tutoring

Taking Boys & Girls Clubs kids to see James and the Giant Peach, a Debut Theatre production.

Book donation to school children who visit the Museo de Las Tres Colonias

Visiting Schools

Carrie Martin Elementary School Visit, March 31, 2012

Teresa speaking to a classroom accompanied by a member of the Fort Collins Lions Club, which sponsored the visit.

Bringing Seniors and Kids together to share stories

Donating books to a school.

Book Events and Fundraisers

Reader's Theater skits based on my books performed for a community audience

Book Signing at Old Firehouse Books

Teresa gives a reading from her essay 'Una Hija Americana' Sept. 19 at the Chile Festival thrown for Northern Colorado residents at El Museo de las Tres Colonias.

Author Day at Harmony Library

Spelling Bee Fundraiser for Read On Fort Collins.

One of Many, Many Book Signings Over the Years. This one with good friends, Natasha Wing, Julie Rowan-Zoch, and Beth Anderson

Dancing in Combat Boots - The Performance

Flyer for Dancing Performance with fundraiser for Afghanistan school

Performing Dancing in Combat Boots - The Performance for various audiences

Honoring Marthe Cockburn at the Dancing In Combat Boots performance

Look Who I Met!

Northern Colorado Star Wars reenactment group, Kids at Heart Event

John C. Gill, WWII pilot standing with a Grumann TBM-3E Avenger

Me with Rabbi Nissen Mangle, the youngest survivor of Auschwitz

Me with Weslee W. D'Audney, the model for this famous WWII recruiting poster.

Celebrity Photos

Eugene Levy - Oct. 2021

George Takei: Actor/Activist George Takei was also a child internee in a Japanese Relocation Camp in WWII

Andrew McCarthy: Me with Andrew McCarthy, 80s star of "Pretty in Pink" and now a respected travel writer.

Ann Patchett: Ann Patchett, author of "Bel Canto" at the 15th Fort Collins Reads event 2017

Me and Corbin Bleu following his performance in "In the Heights" on Broadway

Mike Dooley, best known for his "Notes from the Universe" daily e-mails and his appearance in "The Secret."

Eben Alexander: Doctor Eben Alexander, author of "Proof of Heaven."

Chris Bohjalian: Best-selling author Chris Bohjalian, writer of "Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands."

Collum McCann: Me and Collum McCann, bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin.

Linda Sue Park: With Linda Sue Park, author of "A Single Shard."

The star of Billy Elliot on Broadway.

Me and Gerda Weissmann Klein, Holocaust survivor, activist, and author of "All But My Life."

Irish mystic and author, Lorna Byrne.

Me and Jennifer Egan, author of "A Visit From the Goon Squad" as part of Fort Collins Reads where I was Companion Author to Jennifer's book, "Manhattan Beach"

Me with author Andy Weir who wrote "The Martian."

Luis Alberto Urrea - Fort Collins Reads 2019

Aimee Nezhukumatathil - Fort Collins Reads 2022

Dave Barry - Minneapolis, 2019

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