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Authors That Give Back

Five Star Publications, which dedicates a portion of its proceeds to The Mark Foster Youth Fund, strongly encourages its authors to also give to charitable causes. To learn about our author's preferred charities and their giving plans, click on the author's photo below.


Linda F Radke Linda F. Radke
President Five Star Publications
Cofounder: Kids Can Publish

Promote Like a Pro
Economical Guide to Self Publishing


Mark Foster Youth Fund
Kids Can Publish University
Dave Pratt Dave Pratt
CBS Radio host: Dave Pratt in the Morning

MKLE country 108
Dave Pratt: Behind the Mic

American Cancer Society
 
Lynda Exley Lynda Exley
Award-winning author, editor

Kids Can Publish

Kids Can Publish University
Ben Costello Ben Costello
Actor, writer, director

Gunsmoke: An American Institution
Celebrating 50 Years of Television's Best Western


PAWS
 
Alex Cord Alex Cord
Actor and writer

A Feather in the Rain

Ahead With Horses Fund
Dylan Peters Dylan Peters
Author and Speaker
Tic Talk: Living with Tourette Syndrome

Joshua Center
 
Gayle Martin Gayle Martin
Author and artist

Luke and Jenny adventure series

Writers Unite to Fight Cancer
Beckey Burgoyne Beckey Burgoyne
Award winning author

Perfectly Amanda, Gunsmoke's Miss Kitty: To Dodge and Beyond

African Children's Choir
 
Lisa Cerasoli Lisa Cerasoli
Award winning author and filmmaker

As Nora Jo Fades Away
On the Brink of Bliss and Insanity


The Alzheimer's Association and Leeza's Place
Dr. Rick Niece Dr. Rick Niece
Award winning author

Fanfare for a Hometown Series:
Side-Yard Superhero
The Band Plays On


United Cerebral Palsy
 
Linda F Radke When Linda Foster Radke's brother died of bronchitic complications in 1984 at the age of 30, she was devastated. Using the memory of her brother, Mark, donating all his hard-earned newspaper carrier money to a charity when he was a child as a guidepost, Radke developed the The Mark Foster Youth Fund, which makes monetary contributions to assist young people in their time of need.
Info: www.fivestarpublications.com/markfosteryouthfund.php

As the owner of a publishing company that offers a special division for exclusively publishing the works of child authors, Little Five Star, and former elementary school teacher, Radke is also very dedicated to improving children's literacy skills and developing in them a love for reading and writing. To this end, she joined forces with Lynda Exley, an award-winning editor and writer, to co-found Kids Can Publish University.
Info: www.KidsCanPublishUniversity.com

Dave Pratt Proceeds from the sales of Dave Pratt: Behind the Mic, 30 years in radio will be donated to the American Cancer Society. Pratt, who successfully battled prostate cancer in 2005, is so intent on raising money for the cause that he vows not to give away any books, not even to his own mother!
Info: http://americancancersociety.org

Linda Exley As the mother of 12-year-old Michael J. Moorhead, the award-winning author of The Student From Zombie Island: Conquering the Rumor Monster, Lynda Exley has seen first-hand the incredible self-esteem and confidence children gain from being published. To bring this joy to other children, she co-founded Kids Can Publish University with Linda Radke, donating time and money to the cause.
Info: www.KidsCanPublishUniversity.com

Ben Costello Ben Costello donates 50% of the signing fees on his autographed copies of Gunsmoke: An American Institution - Celebrating 50 Years of Television's Best Western to PAWS. The other 50% is donated by Five Star Publications to the Mark Foster Youth Fund.
Info: PAWS
Alex Cord Alex Cord is especially proud of Ahead with Horses, an organization he chairs that provides a therapeutic riding program for those physically and emotionally challenged, to which he donates 50% of the signing fees on his autographed copies of A Feather in the Rain. The other 50% is donated by Five Star Publications to the Mark Foster Youth Fund.
Info: Ahead with Horses
Dylan Peters Dylan Peters contributes a percentage of each royalty check to the Joshua Center
Info: The Joshua Center
Gayle Martin Gayle Martin recently attended a book signing with the Tucson, AZ Latter Day Cottage Grand Opening. Special thanks to Margaret L. Turley of Writers Unite to Fight Cancer for sponsoring this event. We are donating a buck a book for each Five Star book sold at any event sponsored by Writers Unite to Fight Cancer.
Info: Writers United to Fight Cancer


Beckey Burgoyne Music and education are passions of Beckey's world. Amanda Blake loved Africa - her ashes are there and even though Amanda mostly worked on behalf of animals, Beckey found mention of the importance of education in multiple interviews with Amanda Blake. She believes Amanda would smile down on this decision. See African Children's Choir on YouTube.
Info: African Children's Choir
Lisa Cerasoli Lisa is currently donating "A BUCK A BOOK!" from the sale of As Nora Jo Fades Away goes to The Alzheimer's Association.
Info: Leeza's Place
Info: Alzheimer’s Association
Dr. Rick Niece In support of United Cerebral Palsy, Dr. Niece and Five Star Publications, Inc. will initiate an ongoing "Buck a Book" campaign, donating $1 to UCP with each purchase of Side-Yard Superhero. These funds will be used to further UCP's mission to "advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities."
Info:www.UCP.org


Click on each logo to find out more about our divisions:
Five Star Publicaitons, Inc. publishing fiction and a diverse selection of non-fictionLittle Five Star division of Five Star Publications, Inc. devoted to publishing childrenFive Star Legends a division of Five Star Publications dedicated to publishing western booksFive Star Sleuths a division of Five Star Publicaitons dedicated to publishing mysteriesSix Points Press a division of Five Star Publications dedicated to publishing books of Jewish interest


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