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AFRICAN AMERICAN MUTUAL ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC
02/09/10
Winona, MN
I am a single parent, mother of three young girls living in La Crosse, WI. Reading is very important to me and my girls. We do not have transportation and sometimes can't returns books we checkout from the library on time. This caused us to have overdue fees. I couldn't pay the fees, so we did without books for a long while. Then one day my oldest daughter's friend told us the library paid her overdue fees. We ran down to the library and it was true! I had to know about the program and was told it was because of the African American Mutual Assistance Network, Inc. special grant. God Bless AAMAN!
The Great!
- I've seen the results of this organization in... the community and in the lives of many of my friends.
- What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is... being able to continue to assist my girls with their reading.
- The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were... helpful, kind and didn't judge me. I haven't met any staff of AAMAN, I guess the people at the library are connected with AAMAN and they were wonderful.
- If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could... establish their overdue fees grant nationwide.
Ways to make it better!
- My experience would have been better if... I had known of the library grant for overdue fees a lot sooner.
- If I ran this organization, I would... provide grants for overdue fees to areas where low-income families live.
- In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are... having enough money to continue providing the grant.
- One thing I'd also say is that... we need more community non-profits like AAMAN doing something for the community and not just having fundraisers for their self.
MY ROLE: I was a Client Served & I was able to again checkout books for my children.