Category Archives: Helping in Action – Book
Local Authors Shelf goes live at Loveland Public Library
The AiA team is so thrilled to be living in a community where the arts and sciences are valued. The City of Loveland puts its resources into its local artisans. Case in point, take a stroll downtown one morning, enjoy breakfast between the one ways (Cleveland and Lincoln), have a cuppa joe or an herbal tea and a pastry, but make a point to stroll a little further east down 4th street to the Loveland Library, and ask one of the many extraordinary librarians for directions to the Local Authors Shelf.
It is upon this shelf that you will find some things, but not other things. You will most likely not find an elf, for example. You will, however, find books written by authors living here in Northern Colorado. This singular shelf is the result of the Local Authors Showcase I enjoyed back in September of last year. The Showcase offered local authors a day to set up in the library and entertain interested readers.
Small towns just have the most magical feel to them when they highlight local talent.
Enjoy phase II of the Local Authors project and thank your City of Loveland leadership and the library district for giving honor to the locals in their own town!
Awesome singer, seamstress, job coach, friend, and Advocate!
On my last day with Jeannie Perkins as my job coach, she took me shopping for my first time at the Damn Store up Thompson River Canyon. We had so much fun shopping, and then we found “the zebra coat.” We tried it on, and joked about it being great. Those memories are what I hold dear when I think of my awesome friend and advocate, Jeannie. Funny and creative, Jeannie tirelessly worked to get my business, Awesome in Action, off the ground. Without Jeannie, we would not have had a successful business launch, as it was her energy and devotion that helped me to find my niche as an author and speaker.
Jeannie Perkins, Awesome Advocate
Jeannie Perkins left Loveland, Co in November 2013, but she really never left my side. She continues to advocate for Awesome in Action from California and Texas. She calls me monthly with new leads, and never fails to mention my book to anyone who seems interested.
Jeannie and I chatted over Skype a month after my birthday when she was visiting her grandkids, Grace and Zachary. They sang me a silly song that Jeannie had made up that included dance moves. She always has, and will continue to make me smile.
Jeannie is a talented seamstress, and is launching her own business making beautiful coats for children. Check her out on her photos on her Facebook page:
Thank you Jeannie, my friend, for always staying by my side! I owe so much of my success to this Awesome Advocate!
Awesome in Action, Co 