[Students] REMINDER: Donate your textbooks to fund global literacy programs.
klondon
klondon at leo.tamu-commerce.edu
Mon May 7 13:14:16 CDT 2007
REMINDER: You can still donate your textbooks through this
FRIDAY!!
Alpha Phi Omega, national service organization, is
partnering with Better World Books and Room to Read to help
change the world. We need your help!
*There are 120 million children of primary school age not
enrolled in school.
*Of the 770 million adults who can's read, two-thirds of
them are women.
*30% of rural children in developing countries are not
enrolled in school.
How can you help? Donate your used textbooks! We have
placed collection boxes in both bookstores and the campus
library. The boxes will remain at their locations to
receive donations through the end of finals (Friday May 11).
For more information, or to see more of what your donated
textbooks can do to fund global literacy, check out the
websites:
http://www.betterworldbooks.org
http://www.roomtoread.org
WORLD CHANGE STARTS WITH EDUCATED CHILDREN
Thank you all for your help.
Check out our chapter of Alpha Phi Omega at
http://www.myspace.com/apo_commerce
MISSION:
Room to Read partners with local communities throughout the
developing world to establish schools, libraries, and other
educational infrastructure. We seek to intervene early in
the lives of children in the belief that education is a
lifelong gift that empowers people to ultimately improve
socioeconomic conditions for their families, communities,
countries, and future generations. Through the opportunities
that only an education can provide, we strive to break the
cycle of poverty, one child at a time.
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