Wisconsin Books for the World

Improving global literacy and education.

Madison Breakfast Rotary Club

Focus on Youth and Literacy• Coordinates Wisconsin Books

for the World• Sponsors one in-bound and

one out-bound exchange student each year

• Project Home Pant-a-thon• Special Olympics shot-put• Meals on Wheels• Madison Reading Project

Rotary International

1,200,000 members

35,000 clubs

Because educational resources are scarce in other countries….

… and many schools/libraries in the U.S. need a place for used books…

… we support global literacy and education by placing used books in the hands of people who need them.

History

• Began as a Texas – South Africa partnership between two District Governors in 2000

• Three major collection sites in the U.S.

• Wisconsin Operation began in 2005

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Truck Loads

2018 by the Numbers• Collected 3951 boxes of books (94% from

schools)

• Packed 89 pallets of books (26 pallets fill a truck)• 8 packing events (11 pallets per packing event)

• 188 volunteers contributing 619 hours (7 man-hours per pallet)

• Shipped 7 truck loads• 171 pallets

• Plus 300 desks

• Ended the year with 14 finished pallets available to ship and 35 unfinished pallets to pack

• 1517 volunteer hours from 607 volunteer events

Trend

Book Collection - Locally

Waunakee

Madison East RC

Madison Breakfast

Fitch-Rona

StoughtonOregon

DeforestRC

Book Collection – State Wide

Book Collection – State Wide

Green Bay S.D.

Arcadia S.D.

Kenosha Library

Waukesha S.D.

MerrillS.D.

NeenahS.D.

Pardeeville S.D.

Kiel S.D.

Sort, Pack and Palletize Books

8 packing events in 2017 with 188 volunteers

Shipped from Madison to Houston, TX (Second Wind Foundation)

Houston, TX to Around the Globe

Rotary Connections

2018 Financials

Beginning Balance $13,996

Ending Balance $12,282

Income Expenses

Schneider Trucking (in-kind) $4750 Shipping* $13,950

MBR $2100 Misc. $726

MBR Foundation $500

Follett $563

Individuals $4296

Total $12,209 Total $14,676

• Includes value of two “free” loads from Schneider Trucking. Does not include one “free” load to Nebraska by Future Foam.

In-kind donations

• MATC – Warehouse space• Second Wind Foundation – Overseas Shipping• Schneider Trucking – Two truckloads/year• Hallman Lindsay Paints – Delivery of book donations in Wisconsin• Pelliterri Waste Systems – Cardboard recycling• Future Foam – Local Transportation (+10 pallets of books to Nebraska)• Allen Lund – Transportation brokerage services• Ad Press – Boxes• Steller Services – Boxes• Webcrafters - Pallets

Kenya

Books from Cedar Grove to Uganda…

Desks to from Deforest …

… to Kenya

More desks… From Marshall and McFarland…

… to Kenya and Uganda.

Rotary Book Packing Event

• Saturday September 28, 10:00 – Noon.

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