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Wisconsin Books for the World
Improving global literacy and education.
Madison Breakfast Rotary Club
Focus on Youth and Literacy• Coordinates Wisconsin Books
for the World• Sponsors one in-bound and
one out-bound exchange student each year
• Project Home Pant-a-thon• Special Olympics shot-put• Meals on Wheels• Madison Reading Project
Rotary International
1,200,000 members
35,000 clubs
Because educational resources are scarce in other countries….
… and many schools/libraries in the U.S. need a place for used books…
… we support global literacy and education by placing used books in the hands of people who need them.
History
• Began as a Texas – South Africa partnership between two District Governors in 2000
• Three major collection sites in the U.S.
• Wisconsin Operation began in 2005
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Truck Loads
2018 by the Numbers• Collected 3951 boxes of books (94% from
schools)
• Packed 89 pallets of books (26 pallets fill a truck)• 8 packing events (11 pallets per packing event)
• 188 volunteers contributing 619 hours (7 man-hours per pallet)
• Shipped 7 truck loads• 171 pallets
• Plus 300 desks
• Ended the year with 14 finished pallets available to ship and 35 unfinished pallets to pack
• 1517 volunteer hours from 607 volunteer events
Trend
Book Collection - Locally
Waunakee
Madison East RC
Madison Breakfast
Fitch-Rona
StoughtonOregon
DeforestRC
Book Collection – State Wide
Book Collection – State Wide
Green Bay S.D.
Arcadia S.D.
Kenosha Library
Waukesha S.D.
MerrillS.D.
NeenahS.D.
Pardeeville S.D.
Kiel S.D.
Sort, Pack and Palletize Books
8 packing events in 2017 with 188 volunteers
Shipped from Madison to Houston, TX (Second Wind Foundation)
Houston, TX to Around the Globe
Rotary Connections
2018 Financials
Beginning Balance $13,996
Ending Balance $12,282
Income Expenses
Schneider Trucking (in-kind) $4750 Shipping* $13,950
MBR $2100 Misc. $726
MBR Foundation $500
Follett $563
Individuals $4296
Total $12,209 Total $14,676
• Includes value of two “free” loads from Schneider Trucking. Does not include one “free” load to Nebraska by Future Foam.
In-kind donations
• MATC – Warehouse space• Second Wind Foundation – Overseas Shipping• Schneider Trucking – Two truckloads/year• Hallman Lindsay Paints – Delivery of book donations in Wisconsin• Pelliterri Waste Systems – Cardboard recycling• Future Foam – Local Transportation (+10 pallets of books to Nebraska)• Allen Lund – Transportation brokerage services• Ad Press – Boxes• Steller Services – Boxes• Webcrafters - Pallets
Kenya
Books from Cedar Grove to Uganda…
Desks to from Deforest …
… to Kenya
More desks… From Marshall and McFarland…
… to Kenya and Uganda.
Rotary Book Packing Event
• Saturday September 28, 10:00 – Noon.
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