2008 Literacy Work Week

“This has been one of the truly most memorable experiences of my life. You have enriched my life by giving me and our Club the opportunity to experience this week.” Petar Sardelich, Long Beach Rotary Club.

“Project Amigo is food for the soul! I have not had so much positive emotion and feedback in a loooong time. The hospitality was great, the food was too much, but the long suit of this trip can best be summarized as LOVE.” Terry Geiling, President, Long Beach Rotary Club.

“What a gift to be up close and personal with this amazing place we have been talking about and working with for the past couple of years. The experiences with the children and the delivery of the library books were heartwarming as we saw the joy in their faces as they selected their very own book. Thank you all for everything you do to bring hope and happiness to this part of the world.” Karen Wyrick, Executive Director, Long Beach Rotary Club.

The team delivered 6 mini-libraries (each containing 200 different fun children’s books), 500 “books of one’s own”, and 400 fun children’s books to supplement four mini-libraries that had been delivered two and four years ago and that needed an infusion of new books.

Reading with children, and listening to the hum of groups of kids reading quietly to themselves, were experiences that will remain in the hearts of these volunteers for a long time.

The next mini-library delivery work weeks with space available are scheduled for November 8-16, 2008 and March 7-15, 2009. For more information, please communicate with susan@projectamigo.org.