tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49772273331547859122024-03-12T20:33:12.027-07:00Latham Elementary African Library ProjectWelcome to Our African Library Project Book Drive! We are collecting new and gently used books for the Letsibogo Primary School in Botswana, which has 286 students and 14 teachers. Our goal is to collect 1,000 preschool-5th grade books. They are particularly interested in books on agriculture, social studies, science, technology and fiction. They would appreciate puzzles, flash cards and educational games.
DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 19!Judy Uhrighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09391114277997419138noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4977227333154785912.post-45484952576912127982010-03-15T06:06:00.001-07:002010-03-16T07:14:55.149-07:00Our #1 Book Collector Marie Rodden!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S54w-rfpkXI/AAAAAAAAAF0/UyX_4XZ8a5E/s1600-h/faqih+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448846452550373746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S54w-rfpkXI/AAAAAAAAAF0/UyX_4XZ8a5E/s320/faqih+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br />A very special thanks goes out to Marie Rodden, who single-handedly collected hundreds of books for our drive. She secured donations from our public libraries, raided her own book collection, and went around to thrift shops and book stores to find books. She brought in a set of 2005 World Book Encylopedias for our school in Botswana. Ours are from 1998! SHE IS AWESOME!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Also, many thanks to <strong>Tamika Nelson</strong> and the staff of <strong>Amos Cottage</strong> for collecting books for us!!!!!</span>Judy Uhrighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09391114277997419138noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4977227333154785912.post-35799229770069121532010-03-01T04:54:00.000-08:002010-03-15T07:34:01.859-07:00LATHAM ELEMENTARY EXCEEDS THEIR GOAL!!!!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S54t9CziRCI/AAAAAAAAAFs/s37dzJxLRzc/s1600-h/faqih+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448843125913175074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 293px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 241px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S54t9CziRCI/AAAAAAAAAFs/s37dzJxLRzc/s320/faqih+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Thanks to all the volunteers, students, parents and teachers that pitched in and donated books, we collected over 1300, which exceeded our goal of 1000 books!</strong><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong>Principal Vera Wright and Media Coordinator Judy Uhrig</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S4vIottBinI/AAAAAAAAAFk/DhUlfYJ3Wdw/s1600-h/february2010+067.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443665176396139122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 296px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S4vIottBinI/AAAAAAAAAFk/DhUlfYJ3Wdw/s320/february2010+067.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />John Chitty from Christ Moravian Chuch brings donations from their congregation.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S55DGZ2658I/AAAAAAAAAF8/SHcp24i7tBw/s1600-h/january+22+016.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448866376464394178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S55DGZ2658I/AAAAAAAAAF8/SHcp24i7tBw/s320/january+22+016.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S55EXKFgBvI/AAAAAAAAAGM/45UG6aMFS5Q/s1600-h/january+22+015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448867763799983858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S55EXKFgBvI/AAAAAAAAAGM/45UG6aMFS5Q/s320/january+22+015.jpg" border="0" /></a>Judy Uhrighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09391114277997419138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4977227333154785912.post-28763816439424151362010-01-11T08:45:00.000-08:002010-01-11T08:55:16.175-08:00Volunteer Pooh Merritt comes to visit!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S0tWcOvvvqI/AAAAAAAAAFU/Rr5zWabUgPQ/s1600-h/january+11+012.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S0tWcOvvvqI/AAAAAAAAAFU/Rr5zWabUgPQ/s320/january+11+012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425525219092577954" /></a><br /><strong><br />Juan-Diego points to where our school in Botswana is located.</strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S0tW_mErSaI/AAAAAAAAAFc/AEm7qFtQxkA/s1600-h/january+11+004.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S0tW_mErSaI/AAAAAAAAAFc/AEm7qFtQxkA/s320/january+11+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425525826649803170" /></a><br /><strong><br />Our first graders also found it on our floor map!</strong>Judy Uhrighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09391114277997419138noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4977227333154785912.post-3959399202392387042010-01-07T06:05:00.000-08:002010-01-07T06:41:35.743-08:00Carver High School is Helping!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S0Xu1tnm14I/AAAAAAAAAFM/En6RCmHWAR0/s1600-h/newspaper.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S0Xu1tnm14I/AAAAAAAAAFM/En6RCmHWAR0/s320/newspaper.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424003932783826818" /></a><br /><br />THANK YOU CARVER!!!Judy Uhrighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09391114277997419138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4977227333154785912.post-49569640771968297282010-01-06T07:42:00.000-08:002010-01-07T06:44:30.472-08:00Our first big donation!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S0Sv-xUBXWI/AAAAAAAAAFE/oS9p2xCXJLk/s1600-h/DSC00892.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMuc9p3ltns/S0Sv-xUBXWI/AAAAAAAAAFE/oS9p2xCXJLk/s320/DSC00892.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423653344184982882" /></a><br /><br /><br />Kyra from Mrs. Brown's class donated 56 of her beloved books to help our school in Botswana! Thanks, Kyra!Judy Uhrighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09391114277997419138noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4977227333154785912.post-65640947691434499062009-12-09T19:45:00.000-08:002009-12-09T19:50:58.817-08:00Global ConnectionsSince we are a global studies school, we hope to gain more from this experience than just collecting books. This will increase our awareness as we learn what life is like in such a remote area of Africa.Judy Uhrighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09391114277997419138noreply@blogger.com76