NEW! Mermaid booking signing events. See Special Events below.

The Joy Fund provides toys to local underprivileged children during the holidays. This year, we've received requests for more than 26,000 youngsters - a 20 percent increase over last year's number.

Times are tough. Getting a holiday toy shouldn't have to be. Every penny you donate to The Joy Fund goes directly toward buying toys for these children. A mere $15 donation buys toys for one child.

So please, for the children's sake, give today.

Buy one of these great items and support The Joy Fund:
  • Barack Obama Election Posters: available at The Virginian-Pilot Offices (Call the office nearest you or call 446-2000 for more information on the hours posters are being sold), Mystic Mermaid, & All About Virginia.
  • A Century of Great Photography: available at The Virginian-Pilot Offices, Mystic Mermaid, Chrysler Museum of Art, & All About Virginia. View a video about the book (produced by WHRO).


  • There Goes a Mermaid – A Norfolk Tale by Lisa Suhay, published in 2004: available at Mystic Mermaid, All About Virginia, Prince Books, & Nauticus
  • Tangierman’s Lament by Earl Swift: available at Mystic Mermaid, All About Virginia, & Prince Books
  • Mermaid Posters (Original): available at The Virginian-Pilot Brambleton Office, Mystic Mermaid, All About Virginia, & Nauticus
  • Joy Fund Coffee: available at Mystic Mermaid, All About Virginia, & FirstColonyCoffee.com
Addresses:
The Virginian-Pilot Offices: 150 W. Brambleton, Norfolk; 921 N. Battlefield Blvd., Chesapeake; 157 N. Main St., Suite B, Suffolk; 4636 Columbus St., Virginia Beach
First Colony Coffee: 204 W. 22nd Street, Norfolk
Mystic Mermaid: 308 West 21st Street, Norfolk, 757-626-0060
Prince Books: 109 E. Main Street, Norfolk, 757-622-9223
All About Virginia:333 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, 757-623-4551
Nauticus: One Waterside Drive, Norfolk, 757-664-1000
Special Edition: There Goes a Mermaid
Order Your Copy Today! Exclusive Advance Offer - Only $9.95

Book Signing Events:
Buy and have your book signed by the authors!
The Heart of Ghent Festival
Meet the new mermaid book and its author, Lisa Suhay on June 20th,
from 12:00 noon to 4:00. Look for her at the Changes Salon parking lot
with the folks from St. Mary's Home for Disabled Children. St. Mary's
and The Joy Fund will each receive $1 per book sold!
Book Launch Party at St. Mary's Home for Disabled Children
July 12, 2-5PM. Kempsville Circle, across from Sentara Leigh Hospital

View video to learn more.

A special edition of this beloved children’s book about Norfolk’s mermaids is coming out this spring to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the city’s mermaid symbol and the 65th anniversary of St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children. This revised edition includes all the mermaid statues that have cropped up around Norfolk since the original book was published five years ago, plus a new page for you to color your own mermaid.

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