You
can help!
Educators,
psychologists, and concerned citizens are joining together to help
Israeli children
receive
English language literary books, and to spark a channel of
meaningful communications about literature.
We hope the Project will build a bridge
of learning and sharing between children
in Israel and friends around the world.
A
note sent to us by one of our flagship coordinators helps
illustrate what happens to the books you send:
A donor wrote to us
asking how many students enjoy the books that are sent to us via
the
Books for Israel Project.
At my own flagship in the Shalavim area, we distribute the books
to five elementary schools,
three high schools and two regular libraries. In total, thousands
of people come into contact
with these books and they are taken out and read regularly.
Because the books are owned by the schools and public
institutions, they will also reach more
and more generations of readers. In addition to the thousands of
children from different sectors
who benefit through this project, in our own geographic area
alone, adult level books are enjoyed
by parents and by local teachers who are also upgrading their
English levels.
I know that the case is similar in communities throughout Israel
who have become part of this
incredible grassroots campaign of help, self-help, and sharing.
Please pass on our thanks to everyone for a project that has
tremendous educational impact and
that provides so much emotional support for young people and
educators alike. This project is an
incredible response to the violent extremists who try to tear us
apart from one another and who
aim to destroy our belief in freedom. The books and the
correspondence from the donor communities
serve as a material and empowering aid to combat illiteracy and
the fear, apathy, and hopelessness that terrorism and an economy
badly wounded by terror produces.
Bonnie Weinberg,
Flagship Coordinator at Shalhevet, Central Israel
Important! Instructions
for how to run a Book-Drive
(click here)
