My Nonprofit Reviews

For several years, I found myself in a strange position of declining boxes of children’s books because I didn’t have room. I’m not one to turn away great kids books because I am a teacher and have three kids of my own, but books take up space and you can’t take what you can’t store. I later learned about the African Library Project at a college alumni event. This organization helps people send used children’s books to African countries to start community libraries. From here I put out the word that I was collecting used kids books to start a library in Ghana, and the books came. My 13-year-old son had plenty of friends who needed to unload their old children’s books. Most were already packed up and stored in their garages. My 6-year-old daughter and I raised money to ship the books by delivering Valentines Day Grams in our neighborhood. By the end of February the project was complete. This organization helps families unload their treasured, but space consuming, literature to start libraries for kids in need. The African Library Project is a win-win for everybody!