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On December 3,2005
one IEEE volunteer (David Fong and his children) sorted about two thousand books
and packaged them into various boxes for distribution. This year
there seemed to be less books, maybe due to less advance notice from San
Jose Mercury. We had fun with the
other volunteers from different non-profit organizations such as WIE (Women
In Engineering).
Books were distributed by Mark Hooper and David Fong to the following
schools between December 11-14,2005.
Thanks to "Kids in Common" and
"San Jose Mercury"
we were able to sort books and distribute books
to over 1890 children in the Santa Clara Valley Area.
Most are from low-income immigrants families.
About 200 books were in Spanish for elementary and middle school level.
Breakdown in books
Anderson Elementary School, San Jose
230 books given to children who attended the reading center
Scott Lane Elementary School, Santa Clara
250 books given to children who attended the homework center
McKinley Elementary School, San Jose
270 books to children who attended the classes of Mr Antonio Gomez who
works with children with below average reading skills.
Cesar Chavez Academy (Middle School), East Palo Alto
170 books to be distributed to students
August Boeger Jr High School, San Jose (East)
150 books to reading center to be given to students
Mt Pleasant High School, San Jose (East)
250 books to students who participate in the reading center
Castro Middle School, San Jose
140 books to homework center to be given to students
Rogers Middle School, San Jose
150 books to homework center to be given to students
Westmont High School, San Jose
150 books to homework center to be given to students to encourage
them to continue learning from tutors and others at the homework center.
Del Mar High School, San Jose
130 books given to Special Education teacher and her students.
Some of the stories : TO BE DONE.
Oscar L.
"Thank you for the box of books.
I found a good book in the box.
I just wanted to write back and thank you."
Edgar G.
"Thank you so much for "Point Blank". I enjoy fiction
books a lot.
You gift is cool."
Dyinte K.
"I appreciate the book because I am an athlete.
And I need all the reading. I need
thanks thinking of
children who need books so that they can
exhale in life.
I will take in consideration to what
you're doing."
Jeff G.
"I think you so much for "Treasure Island".
I enjoy
adventure books. You gift will help
me in school work
so I have a book to read for book
reports."
PHOTOS FROM THE BOOK SORTING AND
DELIVERY
Book sorting at SJ Mercury with WIE
Book sorting at SJ Mercury with WIE
David posing with the books to be delivered.
Elementary level books
Middle school level books
High school level books
Receiving books at McKinley
Elementary School
Spanish books
Receiving books at Westmont
High School
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