Ohio parishioners raise money for school by creating children's books

Published: 2007-01-10

LIMA, Ohio (CNS) -- Parishioners at St. Gerard Parish in Lima might say they are writing the book on fundraising. That's because a parish literary group called the Gerardian Inkspot and Paint Society is in the process of creating and selling children's books to raise money for the parish school. The group's first effort was unveiled to the parish community last fall as families ate popcorn and watched a PowerPoint presentation of "The Fox & the Hunter: A Retelling of an Olde Irish Tale for Today's Children." The two writers behind the story know the literary tastes of young children from everyday experience as teachers at St. Gerard School. Preschool teacher Ann Mulcahy and art teacher Sheila Silone, along with about a dozen others, were asked by Redemptorist Father George Blasick, associate pastor, to be a part of the parish literary group in December 2004. The group's first work is based on a story Father Blasick saw in a book of Irish stories about a mischievous fox that gets into the home of an Irish hunter. It sells for $13.95 and can be ordered by e-mail to: gips_lima@yahoo.com.

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