The books are shipped!

Thanks to everyone who donated books, money, and other materials, we ended up shipping fifty heavy boxes (close to 2,500 books) this morning through Bruning International shipping company. Although the shipment finally went smoothly, we had a few road blocks along the way. We spent a grueling seven hours sorting and packing all the books into 25 medium sized boxes, only to later find that the boxes were way to heavy to lift and were breaking at the seams. Luckily we were able to reschedule the pick-up date with Bruning International, and repack all the books into smaller boxes. Thanks to the expertise and generosity of Randy and Catherine at the Yiddish Book Center, we successfully loaded the books onto pallets.

This project, which we thought of last summer as a great but far-off dream has now become a reality, thanks to those who ontributed books, money, and services to our cause. We'd especially like to thank Ani Rivera, for providing his time, professional assistance, and gallery space to help us put up an exhibit of the photographs taken by the girls at the Machakos rescue center. The funds we raised through the exhibit and the newspaper articles resulting made it possible for us to collect and ship fifty boxes of books to Kenya.















With Catherine, Randy, and the half of the books packed onto one of the pallets.