We have been planning for our 1st Year Anniversary this coming June-July 2011 since November of 2010. I thought that it would be a wonderful idea to have an actual gathering of books to benefit a few public schools in the province of Samar.
I have a firsthand knowledge of how inadequate (or is it nonexistent) the libraries are in Samar since I have done a number of teacher training workshops when I visited last 2009 (see my reflections about that experience here). It pains my heart to see how dismal the situation is in a lot of remote provinces in the Philippines. Instead of remaining dismayed and disappointed though, we felt that the three of us could use our home, GatheringBooks as a vehicle through which we could do a bit of community service. We would like to call on anyone who would wish to donate a few used (or new) books – we would be deeply appreciative of books that you would be willing to share.
I will be visiting the Philippines this July and I am hoping that we would be able to give at least 250 books each to four public schools (1000 books in all) while my family and I are in Samar. Here are the target schools:
- Calbiga Elementary School, Contact Person: Natividad Gosto
- Macaalan Elementary School, Contact Person: Baby Lou Daclag
- San Luis Elementary School, Contact Person: Ignatia B. Flosa
- Sabang Elementary School, Contact Person: Mrs. Elsa Bacuetes
| Schools | Sabang Elementary School – Elsa Bacuetes | San Luis Elementary School – Ignatia B. Flosa | Calbiga Elementary School – Natividad Gosto | Macaalan Elementary School – Baby Lou Daclag |
| Reading/ Language related textbooks /worksheets (P1-P6) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Math textbooks (P1-P6) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Science textbooks (P1-P6) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Teacher Resources/ Teaching Materials/ Dictionary | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Reference Materials/ Encyclopedia/ Educational Magazines | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Children’s Books/ Picture Books/ Classics |  |  |  |  |
| Chapter Books/ YA fiction | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Further News Flash for our One Year Anniversary – More Book Giveaways to BookBlogger Friends
To answer your unasked question, we are splitting the four books (awww, I know) across four individuals/winners – we are throwing them away to the wind – and maybe you can all find each other to put the pieces together. These four books for giveaway are courtesy of Evermore Bookstore. So if you wish to have a chance to receive our luscious giveaway (open to all), share your link as a comment on this announcement post until 30 June 2011 and we shall announce the winners by the first week of July. Mary, Fats and Myself would choose our winners, while the fourth one would be chosen at random.
It’s going to be a fun fun first year for all of us! =)Â
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This is such a great project. Hopefully you got lots of books to give for the four public schools. I’ll be sharing this post in my blog if you don’t mind.
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Thanks Maricar! We are hoping that we could do this annually too. =) And we can reach out to more disadvantaged public schools in various areas in the Philippines. =)
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What a great idea! How about if I bring some books to you when I come to Singapore next month? I also have some resource magazines that I’ll include.
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That sounds great Corinne! will look forward to that. 🙂
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congratulations on your 1st anniversary!! you are doing such a wonderful job! i’ll check with the local bookstore and get some that i can contribute to this project. myra, let’s catch up when u arrive in manila and i can turn this over to you then. how exciting!!
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Perfect! Thanks so much Leezah. And do I hear you joining the star-crossed lovers bit??? Come on, it’s Griffin and Sabine! And The Gryphon. =) Would look forward to reading your review. And sighing over it. And reading and sighing all over again. Hahaha.
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Hi! I’m interested in helping out. We have several children’s books here at home. We’re also from Samar (Borongan). How do I help/give? I’m staying in Manila.
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Hi Tete, thank you for this. Please contact Mary Daradar, who happens to be based in Manila so you can make arrangements: gatheringbooks2009@gmail.com – but if you’re Karen’s friend, you can hand it over to her before 17 June 2011 since we’d be sending the books over by the 18th. Thanks again!
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