SCHOOLS SENDING TEXTBOOKS TO AFRICA.Byline: - Amy Raisin Out-of-print textbooks or those deemed too out of date for local elementary schools will be arriving in the embattled West African West Africa A region of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea. It was largely controlled by colonial powers until the 20th century. West African adj. & n. republic of Liberia in time for Christmas. Boxes of books will be picked up today from Aspen, Cypress, Glenwood, Madrona, Acacia and Manzanita manzanita: see bearberry. elementary schools as part of the Commons Coalition for West Africa West Africa A region of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea. It was largely controlled by colonial powers until the 20th century. West African adj. & n. , a Thousand Oaks partner of the charity Books for Africa. ``It's fantastic that someone else will be able to use these materials,'' said Janet Raven, the Aspen School librarian. ``The older books are still good books.'' The district office has also collected books for the drive, bringing the donations from the Conejo Valley Unified School District Conejo Valley Unified School District or CVUSD is a school district in Ventura County. It serves Thousand Oaks, California and its subsections Newbury Park and Westlake Village. to about 1,000 volumes, according to George Lange, CCWA CCWA Community College Workforce Alliance CCWA Central Coast Water Authority (California) CCWA Churches’ Community Work Alliance (UK) CCWA Clayton County Water Authority (Georgia) executive vice president. ``We want to get a shipment there in time for Christmas, with some toys and other stuff,'' Lange said. ``It will mean a new world to them, to expand their knowledge in both reading and other subject matters.'' Books for Africa, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. based in Minnesota, sends about 1 million books a year to 21 African countries, Lange said. Los Angeles-based General Bottle Supply Co. will volunteer its time and space to pick up and store the boxes, while Bridgestone/Firestone will fly the books to Monrovia, the nation's capital. The largely English-speaking country was founded in 1822 by freed U.S. slaves and is now trying to build up its economic base after more than 15 years of civil war. |
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