Haiti Reads won the SLA award in 2009
Haiti Reads was invited to speak at the 2010 Special Libraries Conference in New Orleans, LA
SLA
2010 Annual Conference
Book
Drive and Fundraiser: Haiti Reads
Press
Release:
Haiti suffered great devastation as a result of a
powerful earthquake on January 12. Haiti Reads (http://www.haitireads.org) is an organization thatpromotes literacy in Haiti, and it operated a small community library in Port-au-Prince prior to the earthquake. While the library building is still standing, it is unsound; the organization needs funds to find a new location and book donations to help rebuild its collection to serve the community.
The International Information Exchange Caucus (KIIE) is organizing a book and fund-raising drive for Haiti Reads. A registry has been set up online at http://tiny.cc/CvSUN. (To bring the stores in New Orleans to the top of the list, sort it by “Priority.”) The catalogs of several New Orleans’ bookstores, including Octavia Books and Garden District Book Shop, have been searched and appropriate books selected. While you are in New Orleans, we urge you to visit these shops and purchase a title or two for Haiti
Reads.
The greatest need is for books written in Haitian Creole (Kreyol). Children’s books written in French, especially standards like Barbar books, translations of Dr. Seuss, and African-centered topics (e.g., folk tales from African countries) are also popular and in high-demand. Several independent bookstores in New Orleans stock these types of books. One of these stores, Octavia Books, is featured in a story about how small businesses in New Orleans have helped the city to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (http://tiny.cc/N8GCl).
Please bring the books that you purchase to the International Information Exchange Caucus breakfast on Wednesday, June 16, at 8:00AM in the Convention Center (Ticketed Event #705). Jeanette Attisso, the president and founder of Haiti Reads, will be one of the speakers featured at the caucus’ breakfast. She will share the history of the organization, and how its work has brought much joy to the children of Haiti. For additional information about Haiti Reads, please see the blog entry at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/620000062/post/450052445.html. If you cannot make the caucus meeting, just look for the Haiti Reads sign in the Registration Area and deposit your book donations there.
By purchasing and donating a book in New Orleans, you will be helping these children as well as helping small businesses (bookstores!) in New Orleans. For those who will not be attending, you can still help. Monetary donations are needed to rebuild and ship books to Haiti. Books from some online vendors have been included in the registry for those who will not be in New Orleans but would like to donate books. Please direct
shipments of books ordered online to Jeanette Attisso, c/o DANK German Language
School, 4740 N. Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625. Such donations can be made
online at http://www.haitireads.org, or sent to
Haiti Reads,
6515 N. Ravenswood #100
Chicago, Illinois 60626
(Our P.O. Box is no longer valid)
Please help rebuild and promote literacy in Haiti while supporting small businesses in New Orleans. Thank you for your generosity.
We look forward to seeing you all at the KIIE breakfast!
2010 Annual Conference
Book
Drive and Fundraiser: Haiti Reads
Press
Release:
Haiti suffered great devastation as a result of a
powerful earthquake on January 12. Haiti Reads (http://www.haitireads.org) is an organization thatpromotes literacy in Haiti, and it operated a small community library in Port-au-Prince prior to the earthquake. While the library building is still standing, it is unsound; the organization needs funds to find a new location and book donations to help rebuild its collection to serve the community.
The International Information Exchange Caucus (KIIE) is organizing a book and fund-raising drive for Haiti Reads. A registry has been set up online at http://tiny.cc/CvSUN. (To bring the stores in New Orleans to the top of the list, sort it by “Priority.”) The catalogs of several New Orleans’ bookstores, including Octavia Books and Garden District Book Shop, have been searched and appropriate books selected. While you are in New Orleans, we urge you to visit these shops and purchase a title or two for Haiti
Reads.
The greatest need is for books written in Haitian Creole (Kreyol). Children’s books written in French, especially standards like Barbar books, translations of Dr. Seuss, and African-centered topics (e.g., folk tales from African countries) are also popular and in high-demand. Several independent bookstores in New Orleans stock these types of books. One of these stores, Octavia Books, is featured in a story about how small businesses in New Orleans have helped the city to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (http://tiny.cc/N8GCl).
Please bring the books that you purchase to the International Information Exchange Caucus breakfast on Wednesday, June 16, at 8:00AM in the Convention Center (Ticketed Event #705). Jeanette Attisso, the president and founder of Haiti Reads, will be one of the speakers featured at the caucus’ breakfast. She will share the history of the organization, and how its work has brought much joy to the children of Haiti. For additional information about Haiti Reads, please see the blog entry at http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/620000062/post/450052445.html. If you cannot make the caucus meeting, just look for the Haiti Reads sign in the Registration Area and deposit your book donations there.
By purchasing and donating a book in New Orleans, you will be helping these children as well as helping small businesses (bookstores!) in New Orleans. For those who will not be attending, you can still help. Monetary donations are needed to rebuild and ship books to Haiti. Books from some online vendors have been included in the registry for those who will not be in New Orleans but would like to donate books. Please direct
shipments of books ordered online to Jeanette Attisso, c/o DANK German Language
School, 4740 N. Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625. Such donations can be made
online at http://www.haitireads.org, or sent to
Haiti Reads,
6515 N. Ravenswood #100
Chicago, Illinois 60626
(Our P.O. Box is no longer valid)
Please help rebuild and promote literacy in Haiti while supporting small businesses in New Orleans. Thank you for your generosity.
We look forward to seeing you all at the KIIE breakfast!
