How to Give
Do You Want To Share The Love? Here’s how you can participate right now:
1. Get a box.
2. Start filling it with romance novels you’ve read, but don’t imagine re-reading.
3. Send the box to one of the following locations or check back here to see if we’ll be doing a collection in your area. Your donation will be given to one of the organizations listed on our Receive The Love list.

Share The Love
c/o Maya Rodale
511 Avenue of The Americas, #90
New York, NY 10011-8436
(212) 924-4002

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Share the Love
c/o Ann Bleakley
P.O. BOX 19313
Minneapolis, MN 55419-0313
612-823-2726

We’ve checked out your shipping options, and are of the opinion that USPS parcel post is the best. If you want to ship UPS, be sure to include the phone number on the label.

The fine print: Share The Love, Inc. is a tax-exempt organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and has an applied for recognition of its exemption with the Internal Revenue Service.

If you'd like your name included on our list of donors, please include your name (and web address, if you wish) with your donation to Share The Love.

 

How to Receive the Love
Would your organization like to receive donations of romance novels?
Share The Love donates romance novels to non-profit, non-denominational organizations devoted to helping women live independent, self-sufficient lives. If that describes your organization, and you are interested in receiving romance novels, please email .

 

If you are like me, you have a multitude of romance novels sitting on the bookshelf, doing little more than offering fond memories, looking pretty, and gathering dust. As I tried to make room for my newest purchases one day, I thought there had to be a better use for all these wonderful books.

After all, they are not merely love stories and are certainly not rescue fantasies. They are rich narratives of women overcoming conflict, discovering their own power, falling in love, and being rewarded with optimistic, emotionally satisfying endings. And shouldn’t all women enjoy the same treasure of words filled with inspiration and empowerment—or, if nothing else, a pleasant diversion from day to day life?

Of course they should.

Then it occurred to me: why not donate romance novels to women in crisis? Mass-market paperbacks are considered to be inexpensive but are still not in the budget for everyone who might enjoy them. How better to encourage literacy—an incredibly valuable skill that benefits not just women but the families they support—than by providing engaging reading material? Doesn’t everyone deserve the pleasure of a good story with a happy-ending?

With the help of Ann Bleakley, my friend and co-founder, Share The Love was born.

It’s simple: we will collect gently used romance novels and pass them onto non-profit organizations that provide assistance to women in transitional periods of their lives—homeless and domestic violence shelters, prisons and recovery half-way houses—and that help them establish independent lives.

We hope you will join us—one story at a time—in offering encouragement, inspiration, and enjoyment to women.

Thank you,

Maya Rodale
Ann Bleakley

 

 

 

 

 


Our Partners

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About Us

Maya Rodale is an author of Regency set historical romance novels, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in literature. She lives in New York City with her dog, Penelope.

Ann Bleakley writes historical romance novels in between research trips abroad. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Hill, and two beloved cats.

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Contact

Share The Love
511 Avenue of The Americas, #90
New York, NY 10011-8436

Share the Love
P.O. BOX 19313
Minneapolis, MN 55419-0313

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