The Fiji Reads Project

In February, we scoured our personal libraries for books we could
share with some young friends in Fiji. Menlo Park artist Andrea Fono
and her husband Frank Rocky, a native of Fiji, have collected over
1500 books so far to send to Nukulalavu, SavuSavu, Fiji for their
first kindergarten. While the building construction is complete-the
bookshelves are empty. Thanks to a local shipper who agreed to
transport the books free of charge, the Fiji Read Project is well on
its way to reaching its goal of 5000 books to Fiji by June 2010. For
more information or to donate books, please contact Andrea Fono at fonoart@gmail.com
or 650-868-4171

Thank you to everyone who partied with us at the Pajama Party at Books Inc. Together over 100 pairs of pajamas and over 80 new books were collected for local homeless and foster children. Special thanks to Books Inc. who donated over $500, a portion of the sales from the eveing, to the Pajama Program. Between the cupcakes from Kara's, all those wonderful books to choose from, and the friends and family who stopped by, it was a party worth staying up for!