Children, family, teachers, and the community will agree. Shirley Thacker’s care for connecting with the community and caregivers helps to walk down life’s road. She wants to write and share. The joy writing and love of words drives her to help the charities such as Grateful Rescue and Sanctuary, Brighter Path, Wes-Del Elementary, Dr. Lawrence Einhorn’s cancer research at IU.
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Lessons I Learned from My Students: Memoir of Teaching Forty-Two Years
- Audience : Upper Elementary through adult
- Topic : Cherita Poetry, stories, Psalms
- Includes space to journal your thoughts and story
- Proceeds Benefit : Wes-Del Schools
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Red Chevy in Heaven?
- Audience: Grades 2 to middle school
- Topic : dealing with grief
- Includes space to journal your thoughts and story
- Proceeds Benefit : Grateful Rescue and Sanctuary
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We All Need
- Audience : Ages 1- 7
- Topic : Animals and humans need the same things
- Proceeds Benefit :
Grateful Rescue and Sanctuary
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Surviving the Journey
- Audience : High school and Adult
- My travels with Rich’s illness and the grief I have felt when he passed away.
- Space to journal your thoughts and story
- Proceeds Benefit :
IU Cancer Research/Dr. Lawrence Einhorn

Farm Animals: Art, Poetry, Photos
- Audience: any age group
- Topic: Farm animals shown through art, poetry, and photos
- Includes space for the reader’s personal farm animal connection
- Proceeds go to :
Coffee Club for Veterans and
Project Zero: A plan to house homeless veterans
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You Are Somebody
- Audience : Grades 7 and above
- Topic: bullying and teen suicide
- Space to journal your thoughts and story
- Proceeds Benefit :
Wes-Del Elementary for student activities and food
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Buzz Wears a Magical Vest (grades 1-5)
- Audience : Grades 1 to 5
- Topic : We all experience sad emotions, sharing helps
- Proceeds Benefit :
Brighter Path, Inc for equestrian therapy for children and adults
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Payment forms accepted are Venmo or Cash.
Page Updated: April 20, 2023