Our hearts are with everyone affected by the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, including our Silent Book Club members and their families.

We’re compiling a list of resources to support those impacted: nonprofits, mutual aid, local organizations helping families, businesses, animals, and the region. We'll continue to gather resources and links from our community and will update this page as new information comes through. 

Thank you for your support and compassion for those in need! 

Local and regional organizations on the ground:

• Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation
• Mutual Aid LA
• Baby2Baby Disaster Relief and Emergency Response Program
• LA Food Bank
• California Community Foundation
• Support immigrant workers impacted by fires

Personal funds and wish lists of friends and family:

• Displaced Black Families GoFundMe
• Verified GoFundMe hub
• Community GoFundMe spreadsheet
• SBC Pasadena: Support Our Local Café Owners: Help Rebuild Their Home
• SBC Pasadena: Altadena Fire Relief: Help Host's Aunt and Grandparents Rebuild

Orgs to support animals: 

• Pasadena Humane
• In Defense of Animals
• Best Friends Animal Society

Global and national organizations with focused efforts: 

• World Central Kitchen
• United Way of Greater Los Angeles
• Direct Relief
• American Red Cross Los Angeles

Brands Providing Products to Families Impacted by LA Fires:

• Spreadsheet with tabs and templates

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The results of our year-end survey are in, and Silent Book Club readers picked their favorite reads of 2024 (not necessarily published in 2024). Did yours make the list?

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If you're a US-based reader who is 65+, you could receive $50 a year, plus $20 every 3 months for attending in-person Silent Book Club meetups. That's an annual book budget of 4 hardcovers or 10 paperbacks!  

Silent Book Club has teamed up with Grouper to support our members like never before! This collaboration is designed to help eligible readers connect, stay active, and enjoy the support of in-person group activities covered by their health plans.

Grouper is leading a movement that encourages healthy living through meaningful social connections and shared experiences. Grouper helps you access benefits to cover the group activities that provide social connection and keep you healthy. Eligible participants age 65+ with a participating Medicare Advantage or Supplement plan, can now receive payments to support their group activities.

Here’s how it works: Sign up and provide your basic contact information so Grouper can check your eligibility. Once your eligibility is confirmed, Grouper will send you an annual payment of $50. Also, for every three months of activity after that, Grouper will send $20, if you keep them updated on your in-person group activity!

Get ready to enjoy more reading, more friends, and more connection!

Check your eligibility & join now: GrouperGroups.com/SilentBookClub 

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Our oracle (AKA Ronan, Silent Book Club Seattle's Assistant Social Media Guy™️) will give you a personalized queer book rec based on the vibe of your favorite Thanksgiving snack.

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Join us in person and online to unite against book bans and show the world that the freedom to read is an American value that must be protected.

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We have gathered resources to support the people impacted by the storm, and encourage any who can give to donate where we've been told is most helpful from locals. 

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To celebrate 10 years of audiobooks and 1,000 chapters, Silent Book Club + Libro.fm are giving away 10 free copies of one of our favorite Summer 2024 reads: Funny Story, by Emily Henry, read by the inimitable Julia Whelan. Continue reading

Liza Achilles has been a friend of Silent Book Club for many years. She is one of our original chapter organizers, running the SBC Rockville chapter since 2017, and she's been a guest contributor on the blog. Liza is publishing a new book on July 1, and we were delighted to interview her about it here! Continue reading

We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Mandy Shunnarah, author, poet, and longtime host of Silent Book Club Columbus. We chatted about her writing journey, publishing her first book, and the joys of being part of the SBC community. Continue reading