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Rotary Race To Literacy Book Drive Project has been inspired by the 2008 Rotary International Convention in LA where Rotarians set the record in the Guinness Book of World Records – “Most Books Donated to Charity in Seven Days”…..242,624 books.

This is a service project of the 36th Annual Rotary District 7020 Conference to be held in Kingston, Jamaica.  We are looking for new and near-new books — for adults and children.  Gather those books now.  Drop them off at project partners.  All Donations to Rotary happen May 1-7, 2010.

This is a national and international campaign.

Collected books will be donated to the people of Jamaica and Haiti.

• In Jamaica, the primary recipient will be the Jamaica Library Service with its island-wide net-work of branch, school and mobile libraries.
• In Haiti, the primary recipient will be determined by Rotary at the appropriate time.

Just Imagine..

• If each Rotarian in Jamaica gave books
• If each visiting Rotarian for the Conference brought a book
• If each person in Jamaica gave J$100
• If each person in the Diaspora gave US$1
• If each foundation contributed to this cause
• If each corporation contributed to this cause

…we could shape an entire generation. Change the World.