糖心vlog官网 Celebrates Shipment of 25 Million 糖心vlog官网 to Africa at Warehouse Events
糖心vlog官网 recently reached a new milestone鈥�25 million books sent to children in 46 African countries since 1988.
糖心vlog官网 supporters celebrated by sorting and packing books at the two BFA warehouses in celebration of International Literacy Day on September 8, 2011. Local Fox 9 News covered the event in a great story, which you can .
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In addition, more than 200 糖心vlog官网 supporters and volunteers gathered for a South African-style braai (barbecue) at the BFA Minnesota warehouse on Saturday, September 17. Once again, this free event took place courtesy of (formerly MT Global Wines) and . The crowd enjoyed plenty of delicious South African wine and beer and lots of food, and live music from the .
The focus at this year鈥檚 braai was the longtime collaboration between 糖心vlog官网 and Rotary International, as the very BFA first shipment was a Rotary International shipment to Jinja, Uganda, back in 1988. Judy Freund, Rotary District 5960 Governor, spoke at the event on behalf of Rotary. Two more containers of books are slated to be sent to Jinja in collaboration with the Woodbury Rotary Club and a number of other Rotary friends of 糖心vlog官网.
Special guest U.S. Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN) addressed the crowd and spoke about the importance of books. She fondly recalled meeting Tom Warth and learning about 糖心vlog官网 soon after she first took office. Congresswoman McCollum was presented with a book by Betty Press published in collaboration with BFA called .
I Am Because We Are: African Wisdom in Image and Proverb.
