The Evelyn Swierczynski Foundation

07/06/2026

And, for all those in the area with children-- TeamEvie, along with the team from the Children's Department at Vroman's, is hosting a Story Hour celebrating and honoring Evie's birthday -- there will be stories, crafts and cake! Come on by -- you can RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsQ9GDClo8XZQK-BM1mw_6tSrJ4rfoHa2ExZe-54MUqo-IYg/viewform

07/06/2026

Hello Friends -- Thursday, July 9th at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena we are honoring Evie for her 23rd birthday with our annual Birthday Blood Drive.

If you are able, please sign up today. We need about 10 more donors in order for this blood drive to move forward. It's summertime, it's a Thursday and everyone is busy, but the at need YOU to sign up and make a donation.

So, click the link below and sign up.

What would Evie do??

https://www.chladonateblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/1964

12/08/2025

Hello Friends! Today is the FINAL day of our 2025 Holiday Book Drive... If you haven't donated yet and want to, check out the links on our website - pick a store and purchase a book today

From October 27th to December 8th we are collecting new books for the Literally Healing program at CHLA, an innovative program that gifts patients and their families more than 65,000 books annually. You can shop for books at the links below through Amazon or our local partners.

12/06/2025

's 8th Annual Holiday Book Drive ends on Monday, December 8th... there's still time to donate --

In person -

- in SoCal, at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena

- in PA, at Reads & Company in Phoenixville or Farley's Bookshop in New Hope

- in TX, at Murder by the Book in Houston

We love partnering with indie bookshops, go one out and support an indie store this weekend.

If you'd like to shop at your favorite bookshop, here's the info to mail them to us directly:

The Evelyn Swierczynski Foundation
POBox 1474
3950 Laurel Canyon Blvd
Studio City, CA 91614

Or, online -- you can shop our Amazon wishlist and ship the books directly to us -

12/06/2025

Good morning Everyone!
Holiday Book and Blood Drive update--

Huge thank you for the following who sent books over the last few weeks:
Scott and Amy Reynolds
Tim and Marian Scully
Peter Katz
The Pagourgis Family
John and Lori Lenox
Priscilla Morris
Jamie Krajewski
Barbara Norwitz
Ashley Korth
Barbara Swierczynski
Gretchen K Beetner
Lindsey, Gus, Mason and Charlie
Robert A Mullery
Robert Molz
Tim Tilson
The Bauder Family
Amy Welsh
Mae Costello
Eve M Smith

I still have to return to the post office to pick up more packages... thank you to all who have donated so far!

Our book drive ends on Monday - you still have time to shop - I'll put the link to the drive in the comments.

And -- I'm so excited to share -- we reached out 2025 financial goal! We are so grateful to all who have chosen to support ! Thank you... your dollars help The Literally Healing Program purchase books at a discount, so even more will receive books in 2026!

And finally -- our 2025 Blood Drive was another huge success! Thank you to every person who came out to donate - your gift is incredibly special, it means a child like Evie, who needed so many transfusions, won't have to wait... thank you!