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Rebuild Haiti Better World Book Drive

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March 17, 2010

Rebuild Haiti Better World Book Drive

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” – Lao Tzu
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The “Rebuild Haiti” Better World Book Drive

Announcing the Rebuild Haiti Better World Book Drive! Better World Book is running a nation-wide book drive to raise funds for education in Haiti and they need your help to support a long-term effort to rebuild Haiti’s education system. By sending books, you can help fund their Haiti non-profit literacy partner, Plan USA. So dust off those great books you’re never going to read again, and do some good with them…

Ways You Can Help:

1. Send Books. Books can be sent to:

Better World Books
Attn: Help Haiti
55740 Currant Rd.
Mishawaka, IN 46545

Please send only books in good condition. Note: Book donations are not tax deductible.

2. Run a campus book drive for Haiti – click here to sign-up.

3. Make a cash donation to one of our partners:

Restore Education: Donate cash now to Plan USA
Rebuild Libraries: http://www.ala.org/haiti

How it works:

1. You send books to Better World Books at the address above.

2. The books donated will be sold on their global network of marketplaces including BetterWorldBooks.com.

3. 50% of the net sales are donated to Plan USA, earmarked for the Haiti education rebuilding effort.

About Plan USA:

Plan USA is Better World Book new non-profit literacy partner. Funds raised through the Rebuild Haiti Better World Book Drive will be applied exclusively to education in Haiti.

Plan USA has been working in Haiti since 1973. They were recently selected by the Haitian government to implement the country’s education restoration effort alongside the Ministry of Education, UN agencies, local and international NGO partners.

Better World has made an initial donation of $10,000 to the Plan USA effort to rebuild Haiti. You can learn more about Plan USA at: http://www.planusa.org/

Like what Barbara de Angelis said, “Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference.” Let us do what we can to help the Haitian to restore their education system.

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19 thoughts on “Rebuild Haiti Better World Book Drive”

    1. Symphony of Love Post author

      @ One of The Guys, this is one of the things that I can do. T.E.A.M – together everyone achieve more! I do believe that we can achieve much more if we band together.

  3. Belinda Munoz

    So good of you to post about this. In my foundation work, one of the things I’ve learned is a high magnitude natural disaster always attracts an outpouring of support in the beginning. But what happens is this kind of support is usually one-time and based on emotion. Once the novelty wears off, the funds dry up with a lot of resources still needed for long-term rebuilding. It’s easy to miss the bigger picture of long-term sustainability. Most people who act charitably only give once instead of monthly for a year, which would be the preferable way to contribute. So, something like this which comes a couple of months later is a really awesome thing to do. Thank you.

    1. Symphony of Love Post author

      @ Tess, thank you and I second you on the addition, “NEVER!”

      @ Belinda, you are right; often time it happened to be a one off thing. What they would need is a longer term support which can see them through the rebuilding process. I believe many would be willing to do this if they are aware of the benefit of long term support. In fact I believe that some are already doing it and contributing on a monthly period. And I also believe that for some, that one-time giving might be what they were able to do or doing what was beyond their capability to fork out something for the people; whatever amount that they managed to squeeze out, may be a small sum that they needed for themselves. These people are the one who I admire most, who give more than they are able to.

      @ Meleah, that would be great and I believe it definitely benefit the people. No small act is too small, it will always make a difference. Thank you.

  6. Jenny

    Hi. Just stopping by to check out your blog 😀 It’s really nifty and a great read 😀 I enjoyed it and I’ll definitely be back to read more.
    .-= Jenny´s last blog ..Handmade FTW! =-.

    1. Symphony of Love Post author

      @ Alpaca Farmgirl, thank you for the tweet. Hopefully this book drive by Better World Book and Plan USA can do much for the Haitian education system.

      @ Stacy, Brandy and Lisa, thank you all in advance for the books you’ll be sharing with Better World Book. May all of you have a blessed weekend. 🙂

      @ VanillaSeven, thank you. 🙂

  13. Tabitha Blue

    This is awesome, and I love how so many are helping the hurting in Haiti!! We just helped put a huge crate together to go out next week, and we’re so excited about it!! It’s such a blessing to be a blessing!!

    🙂
    ~Tabitha
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