50 – Write a letter of appreciation to someone in your close circle.

50 – Spend an hour with some ice cream (or other treat) and your bestie.

50 – Read to a child.

50 – Attend a book club.

50 – Share a favorite recipe.

50 – Take a treat to a neighbor.

50 – Attend a block party. Give yourself an extra 50-page points if you host it.

50 – Invite someone into your home that you don’t usually associate with.

50 – Go on an outing with someone you don’t usually associate with.

50 – Perform a random act of kindness.

50 – Perform a random act of kindness. (Yes, you can do it again.)

50 – Perform a random act of kindness. (Our world needs it.)

100 – For a month, keep a journal noting acts of kindness you see being done around you.

100 – Read an anthology, a book that contains several different authors.

50 – Read to someone infirm.

50 – Write a letter of appreciation to someone in your community.

50 – Give a stranger a compliment.

100 – Read a book by a person expressing different political views than your own.

100 – Read a book about a religion other than your own.

100 – Read a book written by someone of a different race or ethnic group than your own.

100 – Read a book about bridging gaps between groups.

100 – Read a book about someone you would/would have liked to be friends with.

50 – Learn a phrase in a different language and use it ten times.

50 – Write a letter of appreciation to someone outside your community.

50 – Cook a meal from a different culture.

100 – Read a book by a Middle Eastern author.

100 – Read a book by an Asian author.

100 – Read a book by a European author.

100 – Read a book by an African author.

100 – Read a book by a South American author.

100 – Read a book by a North American author outside of the U.S.

100 – Read a book by an author from an island nation such as New Zealand, the Philippines, Cuba, Iceland, etc.

100 – Read a book by or about a world leader who exemplifies friendship, kindness, and/or unity.

JULY MEETING DATES

• July 12
• July 26

Drawn Together: Post-it-art creations!

Everyone will do a small piece and then discover what happens when we come together. Teens 12 and older are also welcome to participate!

Come out and enjoy a night full of old and new games. Bring your favorites and we’ll all play together! Waffles for winners!

EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL

Come out and gaze at the stars!  We’ll have our big telescope set up, and Cathy Stanton, former Star Ranger, will be there to take you on a guided tour through the universe.

Don’t miss it!

• Zakes Mda such as The Madonna of Excelsior
• Leila Aboulela such as Lyrics Alley
• Tendai (T.L.) Huchu such as The Library of the Dead
• Chinua Achebe such as Things Fall Apart
• J. M. Coetzee such as Diary of a Bad Year
• Alan Paton such as Cry, the Beloved Country
• Oyinkan Braithwaite such as My Sister, the Serial Killer
• Nadine Gordimer such as A Sport of Nature
• Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ such as Stay with Me
• Akwaeke Emezi such as You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

• Mirror of America: Literary Encounters with the National Parks
• Let’s Talk About Your Wall: Mexican Writers Respond to the Immigration Crisis by Carmen Boullosa
• The Granta Book of the African Short Story by Helon Habila
• Maus Now: Selected Writing by Hillary L. Chute
• Oxford Book of Comic Verse
• The Seagull Reader: Plays edited by Joseph Kelly
• Great Westerns from the Saturday Evening Post by Julie Eisenhower
• How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope edited by James Crews
• Modern Poetry of Pakistan by Iftik̲h̲ār ʻĀrif
• Best American Short Stories
• 50 Great Horror Stories edited by John Canning
• Classic Ghost Stories by Stefan Dziemianowicz
• Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers by Helene Turston

• Aravind Adiga such as Selection Day
• Ha Jin such as The Boat Rocker
• R. F. Kauang such as The Poppy War
• Mohsin Hamid such as The Reluctant Fundamentalist
• Kamila Shamsie such as Home Fire
• Nadeem Aslam such as The Wasted Vigil
• Malala Yousafzai such as I am Malala
• Arundhati Roy such as The God of Small Things
• Vikram Seth such as An Equal Music
• Amitav Ghosh such as Gun Island
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni such as The Mistress of Spices

• Nicholas Drayson such as A Guide to the Birds of East Africa
• Kate Grenville such as The Secret River
• Richard Flanagan such as The Narrow Road to the Deep North
• Graeme Simsion such as The Rosie Project
• James Clavell such as Shōgun
• Kate Morton such as The Forgotten Garden
• Markus Zusak such as Bridge of Clay
• Matthew Reilly such as Ice Station
• Colleen McCullough such as The Thornbirds
• Bryce Courtenay such as The Power of One
• Melina Marchetta such as Jellicoe Road
• Tim Winton such as Dirt Music

• I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening): A guide to Grace-filled Political Conversations by Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers
• Thank You, I’m Sorry, Tell Me More: How to Change the World with 3 Sacred Sayings by Rod Wilson
• Trust: America’s Best Chance by Pete Buttigieg
• Conversations with People Who Hate Me by Dylan Marron
• Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America From Our Culture of Contempt by Arthur C. Brooks
• Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor by Yossi Klein Halevi
• Find Your People by Jennie Allen
• A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues by Peter Hughes
• I See You: How Compassion and Connection Save Lives by Julie Lee
• If God Is Love, Don’t Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans by John Pavlovitz
• Robert E Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause by Ty Seidule
• Let Love Have the Last Word by Common
• I See You: How Love Opens Our Eyes to Invisible People by Terence Lester
• Unified: How Our Unlikely Friendship Give Us Hope for a Divided Country by Tim Scott and Trey Gowdy

• Fredrik Backman such as Anxious People
• Helene Tursten such as An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good
• Carlos Ruiz Zafon such as The Shadow of the Wind
• Umberto Eco such as The Name of the Rose
• Anne Holt such as What is Mine
• Victor Hugo such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Alexandre Dumas such as The Man in the Iron Mask
• Federico Garcia-Lorca such as Collected Poems
• Leo Tolstoy such as War and Peace
• Bertolt Brecht such as The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

• Ragnar Jonasson such as The Darkness
• Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson such as Touch
• Richard Roper such as How Not to Die Alone
• Jason Goodwin such as The Janissary Tree
• Witi Tame Ihimaera such as The Whale Rider
• Andrea Carter such as Death at Whitewater Church
• Brian Friel such as Selected Plays
• Haruki Murakami such as Kafka on the Shore
• Hiro Arikawa such as The Travelling Cat Chronicles
• Kazuo Ishiguro such as Never Let Me Go
• Edwidge Danticat such as The Dew Breaker
• Ayanna Lloyd Banwo such as When We Were Birds
• Arnaldur Indridason such as Operation Napoleon

• Maulana Jalal ad-Din Rumi such as Rumi: Selected Poems 
• Khaled Hosseini such as A Thousand Splendid Suns
• Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi such as Grandmother’s Secrets: The ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing
• Kahlil Gibran such as The Prophet         
• Orhan Pamuk such as My Name is Red
• Marjane Satrapi such as Persepolis
• Najīb Mahfouz such as The Thief and the Dogs
• Ahdaf Soueif such as The Map of Love
• Elif Shafak such as The Bastard of Istanbul

• Emily St. John Mandel such as Station Eleven
• Margaret Atwood such as Lady Oracle
• Lucy Maud Montgomery such as Blue Castle
• Yann Martel such as The High Mountains of Portugal
• Alice Munro such as Runaway: Stories
• Louise Penny such as Still Life
• Rudolfo Anaya such as Bless Me, Ultima
• Laura Esquivel such as Like Water for Chocolate
• Erika L. Sánchez such as I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
• Sandra Cisneros such as The House on Mango Street
• Valeria Luiselli such as Lost Children Archive
• Silvia Moreno-Garcia such as Mexican Gothic

• Mitt Romney such as No Apology
• Barack Obama such as Dreams from my Father
• George W. Bush such as Decision Points
• John F. Kennedy such as Profiles in Courage
• Pete Buttigieg such as Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future
• Hillary Clinton such as Hard Choices
• Bill Clinton such as My Life
• Sarah Palin such as Going Rogue
• Albert Gore such as An Inconvenient Truth
• Kamala Harris such as The Truths We Hold

• The Koran
• Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu
• Why I am a Hindu by Shashi Tharoor
• The Light We Give: How Sikh wisdom Can Transform Your Life by Simran Jeet Singh
• The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering Into Peace, Joy & Liberation by Thich Nhat Hanh
• In Search of Zarathustra: Across Iran and Central Asia to Find the World’s First Prophet by Paul Kriwaczek
• What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew About Judaism by Paul Schoen
• God Is Red by Vine Deloria
• Things Everyone Should Know About Catholicism by Helen Keeler
• A History of the Amish by Steven M. Nolt
• The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity by Timothy Ware
• The Waldensian Way to God: Following the Light Through Eight Centuries of Darkness and Discord by Joseph Visconti, Jr.

• Isabel Allende such as Portrait in Sepia
• Pablo Neruda such as Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
• Jose Hernandez such as Martin Fierro
• Roberto Bolano such as 2666
• Jorge Luis Borges such as The Book of Imaginary Things
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez such as One Hundred Years of Solitude
• Paulo Coelho such as The Winner Stands Alone
• Junot Diaz such as The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
• Zoraida Cordova such as The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina
• Pope Francis such as The Name of God is Mercy
• Jose Saramago such as Blindness

• Everybody Matters: My Life Giving Voice by Mary Robinson
• Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography by Benazir Bhutto
• Long walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
• The Dalai Lama: An Extraordinary Life by Alexander Norman
• Suffering into Joy: What Mother Teresa Teaches About True Joy by Eileen Egan
• Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World 1914-1948 by Guha Ramachandra
• The Autobiography of Martin Luther King
• Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh
• God is Young: A Conversation with Thomas Leoncini by Pope Francis
• Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery by Eric Metaxas
• Eleanor (Eleanor Roosevelt) by David Michaelis
• What Is at Stake Now: My Appeal for Peace and Freedom by Mikhail Gorbachev