Poshwanderer Wants Books!!

And so Poshwanderer is resurrected for now.

All in the name of a good cause. . . 

As a Birthright Armenia alum, I've joined forces with the Birthright Alumni Committee here in Los Angeles to work on a project for collecting children's books and sending them back to Armenia. We are working with the Civilitas Foundation in Yerevan, as part of the Library Renovation Initiative. The foundation is working to renovate and upgrade ten libraries (one in each province of the country) in order to transform them into true community centers to foster intellectual stimulation and greater civic development. My role in the project is to help create "Children's Corners" in these libraries, where kids can go to learn, interact, hang out, and just have fun. Being the bookworm that I am, this was the perfect project for me.

Our goal is to collect over 1000 books in English, Armenian, or Russian in order to stock all of these libraries. Our first event was a book drive in Los Angeles this past weekend. We had a wonderful turnout, lots of great food, fun, and conversation. We collected about 300 books. That's enough to furnish one library. One down, only nine more to go!

If anyone would like to contribute by donating books, or if you would like more information, please feel free to get in touch with me at sdauniversal@aol.com

Here is a link to Birthright Armenia's Facebook page, if you would like to find out more about the book event or the organization (the Birthright Armenia experience is highly recommended, I promise you wont regret it!):

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=141250&id=200989853324&ref=mf