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LIFT2Enrich, Inc to Receive $10,000 Challenge America Award from the National Endowment for the Arts

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LIFT2Enrich, Inc to Receive $10,000 Challenge America Award from the National Endowment for the Arts

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Marietta, GA, January 16, 2025 –(CarryOnHarry.com)– LIFT2Enrich, Inc is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Challenge America award of $10,000. This grant will support their summer Movie Talk program. The NEA will award 272 Challenge America awards nationwide totaling $2,720,000 as part of the recent announcement of fiscal year 2025 grants.

“The NEA is proud to continue our nearly 60 years of supporting the efforts of organizations and artists that help to shape our country’s vibrant arts sector and communities of all types across our nation,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. “It is inspiring to see the wide range of creative projects taking place, including Movie Talk by LIFT2Enrich.

“We are thrilled to partner with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support our underserved community. Writing paves the way to success, unlocking opportunities for higher-paying jobs and fostering healthy self-expression,” said LIFT2Enrich Executive Director, Terri Whitmire.

Movie Talk is an innovative, award-winning program designed to engage and inspire students through the power of storytelling and filmmaking. Combining literacy and creativity, Movie Talk guides participants in writing, producing, and starring in their own short films. With mentorship from industry professionals — such as directors, actors, and screenwriters — students learn critical writing techniques, teamwork, and presentation skills. This hands-on experience not only boosts literacy but also introduces students to careers in the film industry, building confidence and communication along the way. Movie Talk culminates in a red-carpet premiere, celebrating the students’ hard work and creativity.

For more information on other projects included in the NEA’s grant announcement, visit arts.gov/news, or to learn about how LIFT2Enrich impacts the community, visit Lift2enrich.org. Follow us on social media @LIFT2Enrichga

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New Children’s Book Turns a Childhood Playground Wound Into a Lesson on Forgiveness

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New Children’s Book Turns a Childhood Playground Wound Into a Lesson on Forgiveness

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Author Lisa Doucette has published "Fatty, You Broke My Tire Swing!", a children’s book drawn from a painful memory of her own childhood, through Christian Faith Publishing.

The story follows a young girl named Lisa who climbs onto a tire swing expecting an afternoon of fun. A fall and a cruel remark from another child instead leave her confused and hurt. With her sister’s help and her faith, she works through the experience and arrives at forgiveness.

Doucette is a wife, teacher, and mother of two sons who has said she experienced the incident firsthand as a child. "I experienced this hurtful event as a child, and rewriting this story with a redemptive ending has allowed me to truly forgive," she said in the announcement. "I believe that forgiveness is the way to heal, and I hope this book helps other children understand that truth."

The book is categorized as juvenile fiction and centers on themes of empathy, agency, and choosing one’s response to cruelty rather than controlling it. The publisher describes it as a tool for helping children navigate hurt and process it through kindness rather than retaliation.

"Fatty, You Broke My Tire Swing!" is available at bookstores and through Apple Books, Amazon, Google Play, and Barnes & Noble.

Studio CarryOnHarry sees value in children’s books that work from a real, specific memory rather than an invented scenario — that specificity is often what makes a book like this land with young readers rather than read as a generic moral lesson.

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Christian Faith Publishing Releases Pamela B. Craig’s “Tears and a Tiara,” a Family Memoir of Childhood Cancer and Faith

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Christian Faith Publishing Releases Pamela B. Craig’s “Tears and a Tiara,” a Family Memoir of Childhood Cancer and Faith

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Pamela B. Craig has released "Tears and a Tiara: A Testimony of Faith, Hope, and Love," a memoir recounting her family’s experience after her child was diagnosed with cancer, according to the publisher’s announcement. The book is published through Christian Faith Publishing.

The announcement describes a family life upended by a diagnosis no parent expects to hear, and a narrative that follows the family through what the publisher calls heartache toward spiritual transformation. Craig frames the ordeal as a test of faith rather than only a medical crisis, according to the announcement, with the book positioned as both a personal testimony and an account meant to speak to readers facing their own hardship.

The title itself, pairing "tears" with "tiara," points to the book’s central tension: suffering alongside something the publisher’s description treats as a mark of grace or honor, a framing common in faith-based memoirs that cast a family’s hardest season as also a season of spiritual meaning.

Craig’s memoir joins a steady stream of personal narratives released through Christian Faith Publishing, which works with authors to bring faith-centered stories, often rooted in illness, loss, or caregiving, to print.

Studio CarryOnHarry sees this as part of a durable category of faith-based memoir: narrow in audience, but consistently in demand among readers looking for first-person accounts of hardship read through a spiritual lens.

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