Our #1 Book Collector Marie Rodden!

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!!!





Also, many thanks to Tamika Nelson and the staff of Amos Cottage for collecting books for us!!!!!

LATHAM ELEMENTARY EXCEEDS THEIR GOAL!!!!

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!


Principal Vera Wright and Media Coordinator Judy Uhrig






John Chitty from Christ Moravian Chuch brings donations from their congregation.

Volunteer Pooh Merritt comes to visit!

Juan-Diego points to where our school in Botswana is located.




Our first graders also found it on our floor map!

Carver High School is Helping!

THANK YOU CARVER!!!

Our first big donation!

Kyra from Mrs. Brown's class donated 56 of her beloved books to help our school in Botswana! Thanks, Kyra!

Global Connections

Since 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.