#GivingTuesday

#GivingTuesday 2019:

Like each of the past three years, I will be donating 100% of all profits from book sales from GivingTuesday (December 3, 2019) through year-end (December 31, 2019) to charity. As I mention in my book, Hamilton has been an incredible and positive experience for me and my family, so this my way to give back and I’m beginning it on #GivingTuesday.

Buy my book now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and IndieBound! You can also buy my Fantastic Beasts book at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and IndieBound, and profits from that book are also being donated.

Donations will be split evenly between four charities – Flamboyan Arts Fund, Graham Windham, HeForShe, and the National Parks. Here’s why:

Flamboyan Arts Fund – This is the organization that benefitted from the performances of Hamilton in Puerto Rico in January 2019
Graham Windham – This orphanage was started by Eliza Hamilton, is a great cause and has the most direct connection to Alexander Hamilton
HeForShe – As a father of a teenage daughter just starting off on her own, gender equality is a cause dear to me. Plus, my daughter loves Emma Watson (in addition to loving Hamilton, she’s a huge Harry Potter fan)
National Park Foundation – The National Parks mean a great deal to me, and they have been very supportive of my book (which can be found at 6 National Park sites).

So if you’re going to buy my book for yourself, or if you need stocking stuffers for all the Hamilton fans on your list, now is the time to buy. While it’s not as good as donating directly to these charities (which I also encourage), you still have gifts to buy and you know that your purchase is helping out. From 2016-2018, my book sales for #GivingTuesday have raised almost $20,000 split amongst 6 charities, and I hope we can add a significant amount to that total this year!

All sales during this period are tremendously appreciated, and you’ll be generating donations to great causes (and getting a fun little book as well, if I do say so myself)! Every little bit we can do together makes a big difference.

If you’re interested in what I mean by “profits”, I provide some details here.

#GivingTuesday 2018 – FINAL RESULTS (1/20/19): Book sales from Giving Tuesday 2018 through the end of the year didn’t quite get there, so I ended up donating about the entire year’s book profits ($9,200) to Flamboyan Arts Fund by purchasing two tickets to the January 16th performance of Hamilton Puerto Rico. In case you didn’t know, that’s Lin Manual Miranda’s birthday (which we didn’t know when we got the tickets) – it was a fabulous experience, and we were happy it was in support of such a great cause! THANKS ALL, AND HAPPY 2019!! Here’s a clip from the Flamboyan party after the show:

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Like each of the past two years, I will be donating 100% of all profits from book sales from November 27, 2018 (#GivingTuesday) through December 31, 2018 to charity. As I mention in my book, Hamilton has been an incredible and positive experience for me and my family, so this my way to give back and I’m beginning it on #GivingTuesday.

Buy my book now at Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, Amazon!

Unlike the past two years, initial profits will go to a single charity – Flamboyan Arts Fund. This is the organization benefiting from the performances of Hamilton in Puerto Rico in January 2019. I will donate the first $9,200 of profits to Flamboyan Arts Fund by purchasing two tickets to Hamilton Puerto Rico (two tickets cost $10,000, but only $9,200 is a donation – the other $800 will be paid by me). In the event the tickets sell out, the profits will still be donated to the organization.

Any profits in excess of this amount will be split evenly between three charities, Graham Windham, HeForShe, and the National Parks. Here’s why:

Graham Windham – This orphanage was started by Eliza Hamilton, is a great cause and has the most direct connection to Alexander Hamilton
HeForShe – As a father of a teenage daughter just starting off on her own, gender equality is a cause dear to me. Plus, my daughter loves Emma Watson (in addition to loving Hamilton, she’s a huge Harry Potter fan)
National Park Foundation – The National Parks mean a great deal to me, and they have been very supportive of my book (which can be found at 5 National Park sites).

So if you’re going to buy my book for yourself, or if you need stocking stuffers for all the Hamilton fans on your list, now is the time to buy. While it’s not as good as donating directly to these charities (which I also encourage), you still have gifts to buy and you know that your purchase is helping out. Between 2016 and 2017, my book sales for #GivingTuesday raised over $10,000 split amongst 5 charities, and I hope we can come close to that (if not beat it) this year!

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#GivingTuesday 2017 – FINAL RESULTS (5/1/18): Work has been busy, so it took me awhile to figure out this year’s results. Interest in my book has waned a bit, so the results didn’t approach last year’s. The final tally is 615 books sold from 11/28-12/31 (including 32 ebooks), with 210 of those from my retail customers, giving total profits of $2,204.07! So I’ll be sending checks for $551.02 to each of the four charities – THANKS ALL, AND HAPPY 2018!!

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Similar to last year, I will be donating 100% of all profits from book sales from November 28, 2017 (#GivingTuesday) through December 31, 2017 to charity. As I mention in my book, Hamilton has been an incredible and positive experience for me and my family, so this my way to give back and I’m beginning it on #GivingTuesday.

Buy my book now at Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, Amazon!

Like last year, the donations will be split evenly between four charities, but I’m replacing one with UNIDOS Disaster Relief and Recovery Program, so it joins Graham Windham, HeForShe, and the National Parks. Here’s why:

Unidos Disaster Relief and Recovery Program – Lin-Manuel Miranda has been supporting this organization for Puerto Rico disaster relief. Since my book wouldn’t exist without Miranda, I’m supporting this charity
Graham Windham – This orphanage was started by Eliza Hamilton, is a great cause and has the most direct connection to Alexander Hamilton
HeForShe – As a father of a teenage daughter just starting off on her own, gender equality is a cause dear to me. Plus, my daughter loves Emma Watson (in addition to loving Hamilton, she’s a huge Harry Potter fan)
National Park Foundation – The National Parks mean a great deal to me, and they have been very supportive of my book (which can be found at 5 National Park sites). Plus they gave me my only modeling gig (so far…)

So if you’re going to buy my book for yourself, or if you need stocking stuffers for all the Hamilton fans on your list, now is the time to buy. While it’s not as good as donating directly to these charities (which I also encourage), you still have gifts to buy and you know that your purchase is helping out. Last year my book sales for #GivingTuesday raised over $8,000 split amongst 4 charities, so I hope we can come close to that (if not beat it) this year!

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#GivingTuesday 2016 – FINAL RESULTS (1/1/17): Thanks so much to everyone who bought my book during the holidays! Thanks to 54 sales on 12/31, we reached our goal! The final tally is 1654 book sold from 11/29-12/31 (including 136 ebooks), with 532 of those from my retail customers, giving total profits of $8,158.21! So I’ll be sending checks for $2,039.55 to each of the four charities – THANKS ALL, AND HAPPY 2017!!

Further update (12/30/16) – just over 24 hours left and just over $7,500 in profits since 11/29/16. It’s going to take quite a push to get to $8,000, but hopefully we’ll get there!

Latest update (12/17/16) – just passed the $6,000 threshold for profits since 11/29/16, with two weeks left. I really hope we can get to $2,000 per charity ($8,000 total)!

I will be donating 100% of all profits from book sales from November 29, 2016 through December 31, 2016 to charity. As I mention in my book, Hamilton has been an incredible and positive experience for me and my family, so this my way to give back and I’m beginning it on #GivingTuesday.

Buy my book now at Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, Amazon!

The donations will be split evenly between Graham Windham, HeForShe, the National Parks and Random Acts. Here’s why:

Graham Windham – This orphanage was started by Eliza Hamilton, is a great cause and has the most direct connection to Alexander Hamilton
HeForShe – As a father of a teenage daughter about to go off on her own, gender equality is a cause dear to me. Plus, my daughter loves Emma Watson (in addition to loving Hamilton, she’s a huge Harry Potter fan)
National Park Foundation – The National Parks mean a great deal to me, and they have been very supportive of my book (which can be found at 4 National Park sites). Plus they gave me my only modeling gig (so far…)
Random Acts – The world needs more random acts of kindness, especially now, and we’re also big fans of Supernatural (and Misha Collins is a supporter of this charity).

So if you’re going to buy my book for yourself, or if you need stocking stuffers for all the Hamilton fans on your list, now is the time to buy. While it’s not as good as donating directly to these charities (which I also encourage), you still have gifts to buy and you know that your purchase is helping out. If you’re buying online, the best place to get the paperback is Barnes & Noble or IndieBound (I’m having issues with my paperback book availability on Amazon, though you can still get it and my ebook there).

All sales during this period are tremendously appreciated, and you’ll be generating donations to four great causes (and getting a fun little book as well, if I do say so myself)! The divisiveness in our country right now can tear us apart, or it can be motivation for all of us to actively try to make a positive difference and support each other – I’m choosing the latter.

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