Our first shipment of books, to the Philippines, were received with sincere gratitude!!

To those of you who may not know about us, this is our mission:

We provide educational and literary materials for underprivileged individuals and organizations, worldwide.  We will engage in any and all other lawful purposes, activities and pursuits, which are substantially similar to the forgoing, and which are, or may hereafter be, authorized by Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code, and are consistent with those powers described in the Utah Nonprofit Corporation and Cooperation Association Act, as amended and supplemented.

  January's List of Donors

We would like to thank the following people, and organization(s), for their generous book donations this month:

Sithideth Sopraseuth - SLCC, UT

Dr. Stacy Mantooth and the Department of Biology - NSC, NV

Cathy Beauvais - CSN, Nevada

Isaak & Crystal Wilson - Las Vegas, NV

The Original ABBA Books - Henderson, NV
 

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Despite a severe Typhoon that hit Manila in early December - which delayed the first shipment of donated books by about 5 weeks - five cartons, filled with over 800 books, arrived in Salug, Z.N., Philippines. There they were received by several volunteers, teachers and school administrators.

Many of the volunteers live in very rural areas that have extremely limited educational materials, especially textbooks.

They were all so eager to gather the books that most suited their particular discipline, educationally. You can see in the photos their smiles and joy as they piled up their loot!

The boxes of books were delivered to the National High School in the City of Salug.  Teachers and educators from several outlying townships and villages made their way to the High School.

Recipients and volunteers are from:

• Salug National High School
• Binoni National High School
• Ramon Magsaysay High School
• Caracol Elementary School
• Binoni Day Care Center (Kindergarten)
• Salug Central School
• Santo Nino Day Care Center

Our President and Director of Foreign Affairs, Alma Coleman, was there to oversee the whole "unveiling" (so to speak) of our organization's presentation.

An official agreement was made between Share Books Worldwide and the municipal library of Salug, where college level books will be donated and used by students in that area.  A contract between Share Books Worldwide and St. Vincent's College (a private school in Dipolog City which teaches from Kindergarten through undergraduate college level courses) was signed.  A five-year literacy program is being initiated by that school with help from our organization by donations of elementary level books.

All-in-all, this was very successful for our organization, as well as the recipients of the books (as you can see in our photos!)

Thank you, again, so much, to those of you that donated books, and to those volunteers that have given of their time so generously. 

 Caracol Elementary School

Far left...Binoni High School Principal Rolando Reyes & Isagani Tamin, right from Salug Central School

Share Books Worldwide representative with Binoni Day Care Center teacher

Share Books Worldwide representatives (Troy & Alma) with St. Vincent's Vice President

Binoni National High School Principal (left) and Day Care Teacher

Dinner with Day Care Teacher from Sto. Nino and Binoni

 Five Years Literacy Program Agreement with St. Vincent College & Share books worldwide

 Signing of the Literacy contract

 Binoni Day Care Center

 Binoni High School Principal & Share Books Worldwide representative

Binoni Daycare Center

 Share Books Worldwide President

First Box being opened

 Salug National High School Teachers & Staff

 Books selection

First five boxes donated...811 books

Caracol Elementary School

 

 Important questions asked about our organization:

Q: What happens to the books that I donate to your organization?

A:  Step 1)  Books are shipped to Share Books Worldwide

     Step 2) Books with literary value are sent abroad, with our current focus in the Salug area of the Philippines, where eager volunteers receive the books and disburse them into local areas with the most need.

     Step 3) Books with monetary value are sold online with the proceeds supporting our mission.

     Step 4) Books unable to be sold or donated will be recycled. 

Q: How much does it cost to ship books to the Philippines?
A: For a large box 24x20x18 it costs $100.00 US dollars.

Q: How long does the shipping process take?
A: We currently are shipping by sea; it takes approximately 6 to 8 weeks to arrive in the Philippines.

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sharebooksworldwide@gmail.com

Donations: 435-319-9042