Our book fair, book drives, and fundraising activities have been very successful. We raised total $1231 for Sichuan’s earthquake victims and collected nearly one thousand books! We are still sorting and counting the books, and collecting more books.
Our first set of 210 books is on the way to Dujiangyan Qingcheng Mountain High School, the new name of The No. 1 High School in Dujiangyan, Sichuan!
Thanks to Dr. Yi Li, who carried the two boxes of books when he went to visit Yangzhou, Jiangsu, at the Chinese New Year. Thanks to Dr. Song Gao who shipped the books from Yangzhou to Sichuan!
We continue looking for inexpensive ways to send books to Sichuan (from Houston). Please let us know if you could help.
In addition to help the earthquake victims in Sichuan, China, our team leaders have also been conducting clothing drives and fundraising activities to help Haiti’s earthquake victims. We sent 230 items (baby’s and children’s clothes, toys, shoes, etc.) and $1003 to the Haiti victims this month. We are raising more funds and collecting more items to help these victims. Please visit our site www.wecareact.org for more details.
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You are very inspirational! I would love to do something like that but I am not able to travel to china. I collected clothing for the earthquake victims last summer but was not able to ship them there. Instead I donated the clothing to another charity. Is there anyway I can send supplies to earthquake victims?
This sounds like a great project! If you haven't already, you should apply for a grant! Go to www.dosomething.org/grants
Dear save_wildlife,
Thank you for your kind comments!
Here is what we have done and I hope that will be helpful to you:
We collected money from our family, friends, neighbors, and schools through various activities including generating flyers and newsletters to let them know what we were doing. We also made and sold bookmarks to raise funds. Yes, we were fortunate to be able to visit Sichuan last year and deliver donations to the victims directly. But we also sent donations through the bank this year since we could not visit.
For the upcoming book drives, we plan to raise enough money to ship the books there. I know it’s expensive to send books through the post office but we have not found an inexpensive method yet. Usually, people are generous in helping out when they learn that their donations are for a good cause. If you want to raise funds, you should decide whether you would like to send money and/or send supplies, and that will probably be a factor in what the best method is.
If you would like further information or to discuss details with us over the phone or email, please send us [email removed by admin] your contact information and we will get back to you.
Thanks again and best of luck with your project!
Grace. =^.^=
Dear Abatista,
Thank you for your great suggestion! Yes, we have applied for a grant and hope to receive the good news soon.
Thanks again.
Grace. =^.^=
I would love to host a book fair in Atlanta, Goergia please contact me at [email removed by admin]