[Aphio-L] BOOK DRIVE FOR UGANDA

[cp201507 at ohio.edu]

Fellow APhiO members:

This past holiday season, I began a community book drive to support the 
nonprofit organization Invisible Children. Invisible Children is aiding the 
helpless children of Northern Uganda who have been devastated by the world’s 
longest civil war. Most children over the age of 5 have been kidnapped and are 
fighting in this war. As the war is seemingly coming to a final end, the 
children who survived are in dire need of education. Unfortunately, most of 
their schools have been destroyed due to the violence and destruction caused 
by the war. 

In response to this humanitarian crisis, Invisible Children has partnered with 
another nonprofit organization, Better World Books, to provide education to 
these unfortunate children. The books I receive from my book drive will be 
donated directly to Better World Books. They will do one of two things with 
the books I donate. First, if the books they receive can be used in the 
schools of Northern Uganda, they will send them directly to the schools for 
the children. (Your books can be directly sent to Uganda!) Secondly, books 
which cannot be used by the schools but have secondary value will be sold 
online and the money generated will be used to buy textbooks for schools in 
Uganda. 

If you have any books around your dorm room or even at home that you would 
like to donate, please let me know. I thought I would send this out before 
everyone leaves for spring break so if you have books at home you can bring 
them back if you'd like. Better World Books is accepting ALL books, including 
textbooks, children's books, novels, etc. However, they do request no 
magazines or encyclopedias. Once I receive 10,000 books, Invisible Children 
sends a truck directly to OU to pick up the books. I am about halfway to my 
goal and hope to reach it by the end of spring quarter. Every donation makes a 
difference, even if you have one book to give. 

Also, if you are interested in helping me out at all during spring quarter to 
help collect books around campus, please let me know. I could always use more 
help. 

For more information, please do not hesitate to call me at 440-231-1939 or 
shoot me an email. Additional information regarding the book drive can be 
found at invisiblechildren.com. 

Thank you very much for your consideration. The children of Uganda will be 
extremely grateful for your generosity.  

Sincerely,

Christine Patella
cp201507 at ohio.edu