The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society » Soapstone http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey/ Just another www.randomhouse.com Blogs weblog Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:34:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 en hourly 1 The Mary Ann Shaffer Memorial Fund http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//2009/04/27/the-mary-ann-shaffer-memorial-fund/ http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey//2009/04/27/the-mary-ann-shaffer-memorial-fund/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:43:39 +0000 dwarner http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey/?p=17 To celebrate Guernsey author Mary Ann Shaffer’s life-long commitment to writing, her family created the Mary Ann Shaffer Memorial Fund, which provided a scholarship at Soapstone, the Writing Retreat for Women, for an unpublished writer who has shown a serious commitment to writing. Soapstone offers women writers a stretch of uninterrupted time for their work and the opportunity to live in semi-solitude close to the natural world. Soapstone also provides the validation and encouragement necessary to embark upon or sustain a long or difficult writing project.

If you would like to send a donation to Soapstone in memory of Mary Ann Shaffer, please mail your check to:

Soapstone, Inc.
622 S.E. 29th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214

Designate “In memory of Mary Ann Shaffer” on your check.

Donate online through Network for Good. In the “Designation” line, enter “In memory of Mary Ann Shaffer.”

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