Physical
Condition
Books
should be new or barely used. Please do not donate a book if it is:
- Shabby,
soiled or torn in any way, defaced by writing, poorly bound or
marred by missing pages or serious misprints.
- Uniquely
American books such as local histories, regional cooking books
and computer buying guides.
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We are currently most in need of Pre-K to 12th grade reading books as well as
Math and science textbooks. At the Pre-K to 1st grade level we especially
would like phonics related materials.
Current
Book Drive...
Contact
Anne Delaney <hudelaney@aol.com> for
more information.
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Take
a look at a few of the
wonderful people who are leading some of our
current book drives and fundraisers. More...
You
can help as a "Global Citizen" by supporting one
of our project sites. More...
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Age
- Depending
on the type of book, age can be an important factor in the evaluation
process:
- Atlases
should not be more than five years old.
- Encyclopedias
should be no more than eight (8) years old.
- Educational
textbooks, especially in the fields of medicine, science, social
science and the humanities should be current or no older than
eight years.
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Content
Please
appreciate that we must show sensitivity to the values of potential
recipients. In particular we are most concerned about:
- Ethnocentrism:
Many older anthropology, history, geography and social science
textbooks may reflect a European point of view that could easily
perpetuate stereotypes about Africa and the Caribbean and the
developing world in general.
- Religion:
Please do not donate books that propagate the views of a particular
religion and would be used for evangelizing. We are happy to accept
books on comparative religion or on the history and philosophy
of different religions.
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Magazines
We
do not currently accept magazines other than National Geographic magazines
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Packing
It
would aid us if you placed books of similar genre together. They should
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PLEASE
NOTE! No book is free of cost!
If
the information in it is not relevant or appropriate to our potential
recipients, there is a negative cost especially in precious staff
time. Dumping useless and irrelevant books is worse than sending
no books at all! This
is because precious resources are wasted by recipients in retrieving
them from docks, transporting, cataloging and storing them.
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