free books
Submitted by JessieBullock on Sun, 03/30/2008 - 21:59.
My goal is to create the first library at Meru Peak School, Mount Meru, Tanzania. I will be teaching at the school for 2 months. The Meru Peak School and orphanage provides free education for children whose parents have died of HIV/AIDS. Headmaster Joseph Maganga believes education is the key to creating opportunities for the young people in Tanzania. Both he and his wife, also an educator, use a majority of their combined salaries to sustain Meru Peak School.
I can't imagine a childhood without books.
Submitted by williamtyler95 on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 21:29.
I am starting a book drive with friends of mine in the 7th grade at the Park School to supply books, magazines, comic books and DVD's for children at the Boston Medical Center in Massachusetts. The Boston Medical Center sees almost 75,000 kids every year, most from the inner city, and many without any books at home. They speak over 70 languages. Many of them don’t have any books at home. Whenever a kid visits Boston Medical, they try to give the child a book if one is available. I go to the Park School in Brookline, this is where I am going to have my drive.
Submitted by L.E.A.R.N. on Sun, 06/17/2007 - 03:43.
We are three sisters who created a non-profit organization designed to promote literacy. We donate books to teachers at underprivledged schools in the hope that we are putting more books into the hands of students.We have collected over 3,000 books and donated them to 5 schools. We are also creating our own website right now to make it easier for teachers to receive books for their classroom libraries.
Submitted by kyleb on Thu, 03/29/2007 - 07:40.
We visit K-3rd grade classrooms in less fortunate neighborhoods and read a story to the children. Often we have two people read the story and a third acts it out. Next we talk about the public library, hand out a pamphlet about story times and show the kids are library cards. Next, we have new books spread out on a table and we let the kids come up and choose their very own book. We put bookplates in each book with the kid's name in it. They are very excited.
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