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The Keith Milano Memorial Fund and Online Auction and Author Takeover Event

Posted on 1 May, 2015 by in Charity Awareness, Giveaways, Keith Milano Memorial Fund / 3 comments

Keith Milano book picture 2015

An amazing group of authors have agreed to donate a portion of their May 2015 books sales to the Keith Milano Memorial Fund at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).

Personal Message from Denise Milano Sprung: My brother was bipolar and died by suicide. In the past 10 years, I have said those words more times than I can reminder. I have had a wide range of emotions run through me as those words left my lips, but of all the emotions I never felt shame or embarrassment. Keith was sick, bipolar disorder is a disease of the brain; one that we know so little about.

When Keith passed away, I vowed he wouldn’t go quietly. It is with the humbling support of others that we push back against the stigma associated with mental illness and raise funds to help us better understand the brain.

Below you will find a list of authors who have generously agreed to donate a portion of May sales to the Keith Milano Memorial Fund. This month will also have an amazing author takeover and online auction we hope you will take part in.

There are no words to express my gratitude for all those who make this event possible but I am going to try….
To my husband who has stood strong next to me, who has fought for Keith when I couldn’t and who has championed Keith’s memory as if he were his own blood. I love you.

Shh…to Christine, my friend and blog partner, thank you for all you do and for taking this journey with me. I am so proud of what we have built.

To the participating authors –  your involvement in this event, your words of encouragement and you reaching into your pockets to help this cause will forever be a part of my soul.

To the bloggers sharing the event details thank you! The power of grassroots shines though.

Thank you Hang and Donna for the wonderful graphics.

To Kendall, Kari, Kat and the ladies who stepped up to create and plan the takeover. I am so touched by your drive and hard work to make this year even bigger.

To the readers….every 1-click means so much! Thank you for supporting this event and the authors who agreed to take part in it.

Finally thank you to all those who have used this event to share a story. By having the courage to speak up, you reduce the stigma.

My hope is that after reading this post after seeing the outpouring of support that more people will speak openly about how mental illness has touched them and those they love.

The Keith Milano Memorial Fund was established to help raise awareness about the devastating and deadly disease that is mental illness.  Our hope is that by having the strength to say that Keith was “Bipolar” we can strip away the stigma.
If anyone wishes to make a direct donation to the Keith Milano Memorial Fund they can do that HERE.
Our goal is to raise awareness about mental illness and to get people talking…..
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for ages 10-24; the US loses 22 Vets a day to suicide, more than they lose in combat; there is one death by suicide in the US every 13 minutes. These statistics are scary but together we can work to make a difference!
Here is a list of the participating authors and books:
Author Book(s) Amazon Buy Link
Alison Bailey The “Perfect” Series Boxed Set http://amzn.to/1aOLm8c
Past Imperfect (Perfect Series Book 2) http://amzn.to/1O8i0Um 
Amy Harmon The Song of David (preorder live May 11th) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25361480-the-song-of-david?from_search=true&search_version=legacy
Amy Lane Chase in Shadows http://amzn.to/1FQE66I
Ann Lister Fall For Me (The Rock Gods Book 1) http://amzn.to/1CVavVa
Take What You Want (The Rock Gods Book 2) http://amzn.to/1aOLMLI
Make You Mine (The Rock Gods Book 3) http://amzn.to/1DE8Yry
Looking At Forever  (The Rock Gods Book 4) http://amzn.to/1JH3EEp
Meant for Me (The Rock Gods Book 5) http://amzn.to/1Jbdpdf
Anthology – Kindle Alexander  Toni Aleo, Sawyer Bennett, Chelle Bliss, Eden Butler, Brenda Rothert The Night Shift – Dirty Things Happen in the Dark http://amzn.to/1JH3OM9
Andria Large At War http://amzn.to/1JH3UTV
Beverly Preston Surviving Broken http://amzn.to/1EzB6N9
Brenda Rothert Killian http://amzn.to/1CVb2GI 
Unspoken http://amzn.to/1EzBona
Deep Down http://amzn.to/1JLsClH
Cassia Leo The Story of Us Series –  The Way We Fall (book 1) http://amzn.to/1JH4bGr
The Way we Break (book 2)  releasing in May
Cardeno C Jumping In http://amzn.to/1JH4gdd
Claudia Connor Worth the Risk http://amzn.to/1aOMGbg
Chelle Bliss Throttle Me http://amzn.to/1aZOLBW
Emily Snow and  Avonlea Cole Bad Advice https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25252799-bad-advice?ac=1
Faith Gibson Rafael (Stone Society Book 1) http://amzn.to/1CKgETV
Gregor  (Stone Society Book 2) http://amzn.to/1aOMWqJ
Dante (Stone Society Book 3)  (releasing the end of May)
Felice Stevens A Walk Through Fire (Through Hell and Back book 1) http://amzn.to/1EzCxet
 After the Fire (Through Hell and Back book 2) http://amzn.to/1JH4EII
Embrace the Fire  (Through Hell and Back book 3) releasing in May https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25311093-embrace-the-fire?from_search=true&search_version=legacy 
Ginger Scott Wild Reckless http://amzn.to/1DE9Psd
Harper Sloan Corps Security Series http://amzn.to/1FQFvtV
Unexpected Fate http://amzn.to/1OwsIAQ
Bleeding Love (possible May release) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25341651-bleeding-love?ac=1
Holly Roberts The Completion Series: Play http://amzn.to/1DE9Z2D
Strike http://amzn.to/1Owt8Hn
Kick http://amzn.to/1OwtfTs
Slam http://amzn.to/1aONtc4
Ilsa Madden Mills Very Wicked Beginnings http://amzn.to/1JH53Li
Julie Jaret Perspectives series Extreme Close-Up http://amzn.to/1JH58yB
Over-Exposed http://amzn.to/1JH5fKE
K Bromberg Fueled http://amzn.to/1JH5kxG
Katy Evans Real  (The REAL series Book 1) http://amzn.to/1JH5lSh
Mine (The REAL series Book 2) http://amzn.to/1Owu3Yj
Remy (The REAL series Book 3) http://amzn.to/1CVdtsO
Rogue ((The REAL series Book 4) http://amzn.to/1JH5oNW
Ripped  (The REAL series Book 5) http://amzn.to/1FQG5YE
Kelly Jamieson Loving Maddie from A to Z http://amzn.to/1aOOqRV
Lainey Reese A Table for Three http://amzn.to/1OwuKkB
Damaged Goods http://amzn.to/1FQGpXa
Innocence Defied http://amzn.to/1aOORM1
Embracing the Fall http://amzn.to/1aOOD7s
Guarding Nadia http://amzn.to/1FQGkmx
Snowfall http://amzn.to/1FQGjil
Lauren Blakely 21 Stolen Kisses http://amzn.to/1DEyrRz
No Regrets Trilogy: The Thrill of It, The Start of Us, Every Second With You http://amzn.to/1aPmdtX
Seductive Nights: The Complete Julia and Clay Collection http://amzn.to/1H4ac04
Tangled Up in Love Boxed Set http://amzn.to/1H4azYE
Burn for Me (Fighting Fire, #1) http://amzn.to/1DZA7XP
Melt for Him (Flighting Fire #2) http://amzn.to/1JHBmd6
Stars in Their Eyes http://amzn.to/1DZBkhM
Lisa Eugene Grayson http://amzn.to/1CKi2WK
ME Carter Change of Hart http://amzn.to/1CVeQrG
Melissa Collins On Solid Ground http://amzn.to/1LL0sHB
Michelle Lynn Love Me Back http://amzn.to/1CVeYqY
Nicole Edwards A Million Tiny Pieces http://amzn.to/1EzGnEl
Unhinged writing as Timberlyn Scott http://amzn.to/1JHk4wz
Unraveling writing as Timberlyn Scott http://amzn.to/1FQSUlQ
Chaos writing as Timberlyn Scott http://amzn.to/1CKse1e
Nina Levine The Storm MC series – Storm http://amzn.to/1JHkzXB
Fierce http://amzn.to/1GHfrUQ
Blaze http://amzn.to/1DEoDa8
Revive http://amzn.to/1JHkrax
Slay http://amzn.to/1aP6viD
Relent http://amzn.to/1aP5mYd
Rebecca Brooke Letters Home http://amzn.to/1aZZbBt
Raine Miller Rare and Precious Things http://amzn.to/1aP6Odd
RK Lilley Bad Things http://amzn.to/1Qauqd4 
Sandra Owens Someone Like Her http://amzn.to/1aP6VFB
Samantha Young On  Dublin Street http://amzn.to/1aZZiwI
Samantha Towle Trouble http://amzn.to/1JHmmfh
Sawyer Bennett Clash  (Cal and Macy #1) http://amzn.to/1JHsm7I
Grind   (Cal and Macy #2) http://amzn.to/1FQuQ2v
Yield   (Cal and Macy #3) http://amzn.to/1GHjyAj
 Uncivilized http://amzn.to/1JHsB2D
 On the Rocks (Last Call, #1) http://amzn.to/1CTw61q 
 Make It a Double (Last Call, #2) http://amzn.to/1CTvyIL
 Sugar on the Edge (Last Call, #3) http://amzn.to/1EQVwl1 
 With a Twist (Last Call, #4) http://amzn.to/1NXf8JX 
 Shaken, Not Stirred (Last Call, #5) http://amzn.to/1NXfobV 
Legal Affairs Boxed Set (Legal Affairs #1-6) http://amzn.to/1DPLa3O
Confessions of a Litigation God (Legal Affairs #7) http://amzn.to/1NXeWun 
Off Sides (Off #1) http://amzn.to/1NXhjgx
Off Limits (Off #2) http://amzn.to/1CTwfll 
Off the Record (Off #3) http://amzn.to/1yBa1bz 
Off the Course (Off #4) http://amzn.to/1JbbSUw 
Off Chance (Off #5) http://amzn.to/1NXgGUc
Off Season (Off #6) http://amzn.to/1IRLFO1
Scott Hildreth Baby Girl I Ruined (Erik Ead Trilogy Book 1) http://amzn.to/1aP7gZ6
Baby Girl II Owned (Erik Ead Trilogy Book 2) http://amzn.to/1JHmtYj
Baby Girl III Loved (Erik Ead Trilogy Book 3) http://amzn.to/1DEpmIq
SJD Peterson Pup  (Guards of Folsom #1) http://amzn.to/1Jbeq5c
Tag Team  (Guards of Folsom #2) http://amzn.to/1JberWN
Pony (Guards of Folsom #3 ) http://amzn.to/1EQZSsa
Roped  (Guards of Folsom #4) http://amzn.to/1yBderM
Beyond Duty http://amzn.to/1NXkapZ
Mauled (Beyond Duty #2) http://amzn.to/1NXj39y
BAMF http://amzn.to/1NXiRXP
Rival Within http://amzn.to/1DPO7BB
Plan B http://amzn.to/1NXkh4Q
Masters and Boyd http://amzn.to/1DPOE6u
Always MJ http://amzn.to/1ONsbe4
Simple http://amzn.to/1NXk6qc
 Lorcan’s Desire (Whispering Pines Ranch, #1) http://amzn.to/1EQZlqj
Quinn’s Need (Whispering Pines Ranch, #2) http://amzn.to/1NXjosO
Ty’s Obession (Whispering Pines Ranch #3) http://amzn.to/1IROHBS
 Conner’s Courage (Whispering Pines Ranch, #4) http://amzn.to/1yBd4k6
Jess’s Journey (Whispering Pines Ranch, #5) http://amzn.to/1Jbedi9
Splintered (Splintered #1) http://amzn.to/1IROz5u
Stacy Borel Hitchhiker http://amzn.to/1GCitrd
Susan Mac Nicol Men of London series Love You Senseless http://amzn.to/1FQUF2b
Sight and Sinners http://amzn.to/1aP7QWN
Tina Reber Jacked http://amzn.to/1GHgunW
Violet Duke Can’t Resist Series: Resisting the Bad Boy http://amzn.to/1b00jF9
Falling for the Good Guy http://amzn.to/1JHoxiQ
Choosing the Right Man http://amzn.to/1JHoIuB
Finding the Right Girl http://amzn.to/1aP9qIa
Nice Girl to Love: Trilogy boxed set http://amzn.to/1aP89kb
This year the event will also include an online auction and author takeover over 4 amazing days!! We hope that you will join us for not only some great auction items but to have an opportunity to speak with participating authors during an epic author take over event.
The Keith Milano Auction Event Banner
Please join us on Facebook HERE 
In addition to all of these great things, thanks to the amazing design skills of author SJD Peterson, we also have custom t-shirt for sale, which part of the sales will also benefit the Keith Milano Memorial Fund.
The Keith Milano t-shirt back The Keith Milano t-shirt front
Fund information:
Keith Milano Memorial Fund
140 Adams Ave Suite B-12
Hauppauge NY 11788
@MilanoFund
direct donation http://bit.ly/MilanoFund
#isupportmentalhealthawareness
The Keith Milano Memorial Fund benefits the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).  http://www.afsp.org/
Donations at the end of the May Mental Awareness Event will be made by the authors directly to The Keith Milano Memorial Fund at AFSP. Keith’s fund is a self-directed memorial fund. 100% of the money is spent on programs and research programs selected by the Milano / Sprung family
For examples of programs:  http://www.keithmilano.org/#info
AFSP is the only national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research and education, and to reaching out to people with mood disorders and those affected by suicide.
AFSP is a fully accredited 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization incorporated in the state of Delaware with primary offices in New York City. Federal tax ID # is 13-3393329. AFSP’s Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) number is 10545.
All donations to AFSP are tax deductible.

3 Responses to “The Keith Milano Memorial Fund and Online Auction and Author Takeover Event”

  1. Staci Pope

    I have been wanting to read Grayson by Lisa Eugene, but had not bought it. This was the perfect opportunity to buy a book I wanted and to help a most worthy organization.

  2. mcentmel

    great–used this to make my to order list this month
    Great cause– #1click4charity
    #isupportmentalhealthawareness

  3. Sonia F.

    What a great cause…one that’s very near and dear to my heart. I’ve lost 1 family member and 3 friends to suicide. I’m excited to participate in this event and look forward to future ones! Thank you for bringing attention to this often overlooked cause. #mentalhealthmatters

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