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Then follow @QMxInsider, the Twitter account for Quantum Mechanix! They need 1500 followers by the end of the day on Friday!

Why?

Because there's $400 in it for @kidsneedtoread, that's why!

It all started when @VickyLC agreed to donated 100 pounds if it happened. Then @nogarb added $100 more. @BenMund chipped in another $50. And @mariancall just added another $35!

Come on, Tweeters! They're at 1385 followers now! We can do this!

Those of you who went to Can't Stop the Serenity this year have already seen this, but since we've been given the go-ahead to share it far and wide now, well...sharing it far and wide I am!  Click here to see a brand-new, super-shiny Nathan Fillion and PJ Haarsma vid!

Yesterday, PJ Haarsma had a book release party at a Barnes & Noble in Oceanside, California for the third book in his Softwire series, Wormhole Pirates On Orbis 3. He managed to wrangle two of his friends into attending with him. The event was a smashing success, with over 100 children attending. The men of the hour managed to get everyone's items signed before one of them had to rush off to some wedding (congrats Maurissa and Jed!) and I'm sure that once the totals are tabulated, KNTR will have benefitted substansially from this little shindig! (25% of the proceeds from book sales during the event went to KNTR! And don't forget that you can use this coupon to have your purchase at any Barnes and Noble in the US this week do the same!) And now, cue the music.

( It's comforting to know that some things never change... )

Thank you to Nathan and Alan for helping out!  I have more pictures to share later, but that's all for now!

P.S.-anyone know an economical way for me to hop from Atlantic to Pacific routinely?  *g*  (To clarify, I was not at this event, which, for the record, is a damn shame.)

Then head to any Barnes and Noble location in the United States from April 18 to April 24!  Present this coupon at check out and up to twenty-five percent of the proceeds from ANY book you purchase will be donated to Kids Need to Read!  (And yes, to those of you who graciously clicked on the coupon.  Both Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk will be in attendance at dear PJ Haarsma's upcoming book release party.  If you're in Oceanside, why not stop by?)

A while ago, I posted about a new Firefly fan film here.  In case you missed that post, here's an recap.  Big Damn Fan Films is making a new Firefly fan film entitled Browncoats: Redemption.  The film is being made to maintain and increase interest in the Firefly universe and to raise money for charity.  All proceeds from the film will benefit Kids Need to Read, Equality Now, The Dyslexia Foundation,  The Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center, and The Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation.   Big Damn Fan Films has the support of Joss Whedon himself for this project and to show their determination to their cause, they have already started an earnest campaign to raise funds for their chosen charities.

Their Facebook Causes page for Kids Need to Read was started in late November 2008.  Their goal is to raise $3500 for KNTR before February 11, 2009.  They want to help send Kids Need to Read to Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia this fall.  Dragon*Con is the largest fan-run science fiction/fantasy convention in the United States, and KNTR's presence there would be a huge help for fundraising and letting the world know what our organziation does.  Big Damn Fan Film's goal is lofty, but they're already well on their way to acheiving it.  On the film front, their movie has a script and a crew, and casting calls have gone out.  On the charity front, as of today, they have raised $1101 for KNTR.  Our hat is off to Michael Dougherty and Big Damn Fan Films.  They've given KNTR a huge leg-up for attending Dragon*Con already, and we can't wait to see how their film turns out!



For more information about this charity project and this film, please visit:
http://www.browncoatsredemption.com/
http://community.kidsneedtoread.org/?p=815