Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos African Library Project Book Loading Crew on the job recently filling a truck with 148 boxes containing 11,386 books for shipment to Ghana and Malawi. Courtesy/Kiwanis

Kiwanis African Library Project kids waving books. Courtesy/Kiwanis

By BROOKE DAVIS
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos

The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos is very thankful to the United Church Thrift Shop for their generous donation of $3,000 to the African Library Project (ALP).

The Women’s Christian Service Society operates the shop and acknowledged Kiwanian Sharon Allen for her dedication and untiring efforts in making the ALP a success. On April 1, a truck was loaded with 148 boxes containing 11,386 books (totaling approximately 3 tons), enough for nine libraries, and then drove to New Orleans where they continued their journey by ship to Ghana and Malawi.

The donation goes a long way in paying for the shipping costs for the project. If you are interested in donating for future library shipments, go to https://losalamos.kiwanisone.org and click on the African Library Project link.

Kiwanis African Library Project kids with books. Courtesy/Kiwanis

Kiwanis African Library Project girl reading book. Courtesy/Kiwanis

Kiwanis African Library Project boy reading book. Courtesy/Kiwanis