Who We Are
Ladies of Charity is a Catholic, nonprofit public organization of women whose mission is to raise monies to benefit education for low-income youth. We fulfill this mission by dedicating our energies for the benefit of Sacred Heart Nativity Schools in San José, CA.
The Ladies of Charity hosted a Meet the Author on Monday, April 13th. We called the "Ink Print of Our Local Community" as we had a panel of 3 writers from the San Jose Mercury News. We gathered at 9:30 at the Orchard City Banquet Hall for coffee cake, muffins, orange juice and coffee.
By 10:00 we heard from 2 8th grade students at Sacred Heart School and Our Lady of Grace School. Both were excited to share where they will be going to High School and also how the education and support they have received in their 3 years has been beneficial and instrumental in helping them to be prepared for High School.
We then heard from our 3 authors: Sal Pizarro (People), Mark Purdy (Sports) and Linda Zavoral (Food). We learned a little about how they come up with their ideas, what got them started writing, fun stories of misadventures or adventures. We had about 20 minutes of question and answer that continued the theme of learning new tidbits.Attendees left filled with a new admiration for how hard our writers work!
