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 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 CBS Radio host: Dave Pratt in the Morning MKLE country 108 Dave Pratt: Behind the Mic American Cancer Society
	Lynda Exley Award-winning author, editor Kids Can Publish Kids Can Publish University		Ben Costello Actor, writer, director Gunsmoke: An American Institution Celebrating 50 Years of Television's Best Western PAWS
	Alex Cord Actor and writer A Feather in the Rain Ahead With Horses Fund		Dylan Peters Author and Speaker Tic Talk: Living with Tourette Syndrome Joshua Center
	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
	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
	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 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 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 contributes a percentage of each royalty check to the Joshua Center Info: The Joshua Center

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