Update on Rotary Books for the World

Jesus Tellez reports that there are about 600 pallets of books in the Exel warehouse and more coming so we need to move some of them.  To date we have load 24 40’ containers at Exel and have placed 21 of them.  We are within 100,000 pounds of having sent 9,000,000 pounds of books that we can account for.  The shipments during the time Skip Comsia’s company keep the records were lost when that company was dissolved.

Wisconsin reports that they have acquired a new warehouse. We salute their diligence and all their shipments this year.  New York will be looking for a new warehouse and a new freight company but that too will come.  Nebraska is ready for the first shipment and we have renewed our shipping agreement with Union Pacific which maybe a way for Beaverton, Oregon to get books here.  Beaverton currently ships from the West Coast.  We send our congratulations to PDG Chuck Mason for his work at Lonestar PETS.  Many of the Rotary clubs in Texas have started participating in the project.  We have received books from Missouri and Louisiana again this year.

 A very special thank you to PDG Charlie and Barbara Clemmons for "birthing" this project which truly does make a difference!

 

We (Rotary Books for the World) have signed a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Pakistani Rotary Education Trust representing the 160 Rotary Clubs of Districts 3271 and 3272.   While we continue to check them out, we will send an initial container of library books to Karachi and another to Lehore.  The Pakistani Rotarians will get the containers from the seaport in Karachi to the Karachi warehouse and the Lehore warehouse.  We will continue our support of the Hashoo Foundation in Islamabad and Rawalpindi with the agreement and support of the Rotarians.  I believe that this will benefit the children of Pakistan as well as our need to move books.

 

SAVE THE DATE for a Booklegger Summit in January 10-11 in Houston.  More details to follow.