The room the kids call their own "library" is a 40-square-meter empty space. The walls are untidy and dark, the windows are almost broken to shards. The lone table lies almost deserted by time, unused and nevermore. The only reminder that the room is the school's library is the two small bookcases, almost rotten to the core and on the verge of collapse.
Dusty and dog-eared copy books—about a couple of dozen—are placed almost glued together on the two shelves. It won't take a rocket scientist to know that these books are of no use anymore. The library itself, in its sad current state, is incapable of becoming a room of knowledge for the kids of Rizal Elementary School in Gubat, Sorsogon.
Book Sharing Project in Gubat, Sorsogon
THIS IS WHERE WE COME IN AND CHANGE IT. We could make a difference by starting in one school—just one school for now. Let's fill the library of Rizal Elementary School in Gubat, Sorsogon, with reading materials that will help nurture and feed the minds of the young students studying there.
How You Can Help
Download the poster above, upload it to your social networking site, and tell the people in your circle that they can donate books that can be used by the library. You can blog, tweet, and post about this project. You can even do a book drive in your offices, neighborhoods, and organizations.
A Runner’s Circle (ARC)
Unit H, Aloha Hotel, 2150 Roxas Boulevard Cor. Quirino Ave., Malate, Manila.
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R.O.X. Bonifacio High Street
B1 Bonifacio High St., The Fort, Taguig City.
Store Hours: Sun to Thu – 12PM to 10PM; Fri to Sat – 12PM to 11PM
You can contact me for book pick-ups as well, given it would fit in my backpack. But the more the merrier, so even if it's a truckload of books, I will FIND a way to pick it all up. Just contact me through my Facebook and Twitter. Cash donations are also accepted; you can reach out to our partner Gaye of Pinaytraveljunkie.
Travel to Sorsogon with us! We will deliver the collected books sometime in September, and who knows, the experience will also inspire you to do a similar project in your own home province.
*Plays Supertramp's "Give A Little Bit"*
Ooh yea / Alright / Here we go again
De de / Oh oh / Na na / Hey hey
Give a little bit / Give a little bit of your love to me
I'll give a little bit / I'll give a little bit of my love to you
There's so much that we need to share
So send a smile and show you care
I'll give a little bit / I'll give a little bit of my life for you
So give a little bit / Give a little bit of your time to me
See the man with the lonely eyes
Oh, take his hand, you'll be surprised
