Friday, May 1, 2015

The Keith Milano Fund Mental Health Awareness Month Event!!

The Keith Milano Fund Banner

An amazing group of authors have agreed to donate a portion of their May 2015 books sales to the Keith Milano Memorial Fund at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).

The Keith Milano Memorial Fund was established to help raise awareness about the devastating and deadly disease that is mental illness. Our hope is that by having the strength to say that Keith was “Bipolar” we can strip away the stigma.

If anyone wishes to make a direct donation to the Keith Milano Memorial Fund they can do that HERE.

Our goal is to raise awareness about mental illness and to get people talking…..

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for ages 10-24; the US loses 22 Vets a day to suicide, more than they lose in combat; there is one death by suicide in the US every 13 minutes. These statistics are scary but together we can work to make a difference!


Here is a list of the participating authors and books

Author
Book(s)
Alison Bailey
The "Perfect" Series and Past Imperfect
Amy Harmon
The Song of David (preorder live May 11th)
Amy Lane
Chase in Shadows
Ann Lister
Rock Gods series - Fall For Me, Take What You Want, Make You Mine, Looking At Forever, Meant for Me (releasing in May)
Anthology - Kindle Alexander Toni Aleo, Sawyer Bennett, Chelle Bliss, Eden Butler, Brenda Rothert
The Night Shift - Dirty Things Happen in the Dark
Andria Large
At War
Beverly Preston
Surviving Broken
Brenda Rothert
Killian and Unspoken
Cassia Leo
The Story of Us Series - The Way We Fall book 1 and book two The Way we Break released in May
Cardeno C
Jumping In
Claudia Connor
Worth the Risk
Chelle Bliss
Throttle Me
Faith Gibson
The Stone Society Series - Rafael, Gregor and Dante (releasing the end of May)
Emily Snow and Avonlea Cole
Bad Advice
Felice Stevens
Through Hell and Back series - A Walk Through Fire, After the Fire and Embrace the Fire
Ginger Scott
Wild Reckless
Harper Sloan
Full Catalog
Holly Roberts
The Completion Series: Play, Strike, Kick, and Slam
Ilsa Madden Miles
Very Wicked Beginnings
Julie Jaret
Perspectives series (currently two titles: Extreme Close-Up and Over-Exposed
K Bromberg
Fueled
Katy Evans
The Real Series
Kelly Jamieson
Loving Maddie from A to Z
Lainey Reese
Full Catalog
Lauren Blakley
Full Catalog
Lisa Eugene
Grayson
ME Carter
Change of Hart
Melissa Collins
On Solid Ground
Michelle Lynn
Love Me Back
Nicole Edwards
A Million Tiny Pieces by Nicole Edwards and Unhinged, Unraveling, & Chaos - The Unhinged series by Timberlyn Scott
Nina Levine
The Storm MC series - Storm, Fierce, Blaze, Revive, Slay & Relent
Rebecca Brooke
Letters Home
Raine Miller
Rare and Precious Things
Sandra Owens
Someone Like Her
Samantha Young
On Dublin Street
Samantha Towle
Trouble
Sawyer Bennett
Clash (Cal and Macy #1), Grind (Cal and Macy #2), Yield Cal and Macy #3), Uncivilized, On the Rocks (Last Call, #1) , Make It a Double (Last Call, #2), Sugar on the Edge (Last Call, #3), With a Twist (Last Call, #4), Shaken, Not Stirred (Last Call, #5), Legal Affairs Boxed Set (Legal Affairs #1-6), Confessions of a Litigation God (Legal Affairs #7) Off Sides (Off #1), Off Limits (Off #2), Off the Record (Off #3), Off the Course (Off #4), Off Chance (Off #5), Off Season (Off #6)
Scott Hildreth
Baby Girl series
SJD Peterson “Joe”
Full Catalog
Stacy Borel
Hitchhiker
Susan Mac Nicol
Love You Senseless and Sight and Sinners (Men Of London series)
Tina Reber
Jacked
Violet Duke
Can't Resist Series: Resisting the Bad Boy, Falling for the Good Guy, Choosing the Right Man and Finding the Right Girl and Nice Girl to Love Trilogy boxed set


This year the event will also include an online auction and author takeover over 4 amazing days!! We hope that you will join us for not only some great auction items but to have an opportunity to speak with participating authors during an epic author take over event.
The Keith Milano Auction Event Banner
Please join us on Facebook HERE
In addition to all of these great things, thanks to the amazing design skills of author SJD Peterson, we also have custom t-shirt for sale, which part of the sales will also benefit the Keith Milano Memorial Fund.
The Keith Milano t-shirt back The Keith Milano t-shirt front
Personal Message from Denise Milano Sprung: When Keith passed away, I made a promise to myself that he would not go quietly nor would he be forgotten. It is with the help of all of you that 10 years later, I am able to keep this promise and most of all to be able to help others who may be suffering in silence. 
Thank you does not seem like enough. So please know that from the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul, every one-click of these books helps others and continues to reduce the stigma that is associated with mental illness. THANK YOU for all you do and for spreading the word and for opening your hearts to help others.
Fund information:
Keith Milano Memorial Fund
140 Adams Ave Suite B-12
Hauppauge NY 11788
@MilanoFund
direct donation http://bit.ly/MilanoFund
#isupportmentalhealthawareness
The Keith Milano Memorial Fund benefits the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). http://www.afsp.org/


Donations at the end of the May Mental Awareness Event will be made by the authors directly to The Keith Milano Memorial Fund at AFSP. Keith’s fund is a self-directed memorial fund. 100% of the money is spent on programs and research programs selected by the Milano / Sprung family

For examples of programs: http://www.keithmilano.org/#info
AFSP is the only national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research and education, and to reaching out to people with mood disorders and those affected by suicide.

AFSP is a fully accredited 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization incorporated in the state of Delaware with primary offices in New York City. Federal tax ID # is 13-3393329. AFSP’s Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) number is 10545.
All donations to AFSP are tax deductible.

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