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| Contact: | Philip H. Lindsey, General Secretary Bonnie B. Disbrow, Program Coordinator, International Services | ||
| Officers: | Philip H. Lindsey, General Secretary Bonnie B. Disbrow, Program Coordinator, International Services | ||
| Affiliation(s): | None except local Rotary Clubs in countries around the world are in an affiliate relationship with Rotary International. | ||
| Overseas Offices: | Information not available. | ||
| Geographical Area: | Information not available. | ||
| General Description: | As part of Rotary International's World Community Service (WCS), Donated Book projects are developed and implemented by individual Rotary clubs in connection with international development/relief NGO/PVO'S or other overseas Rotary clubs to provide books to developing countries. | ||
| Project Description: | Destinations of Shipments: Various Rotary clubs have reporting sending books to many different countries located in the Pacific, Asia, Africa, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and Latin American regions. Kinds of Books Distributed: All topics on all educational levels at the discretion of the individual Rotary Club sending book donations.Content Selection Policy: Varies with each particular Rotary Club undertaking specific projects. No. of Copies Distributed and/or Dollar Value: Information not available for any specific years. | ||
| Donation Sources: | Varies with the individual Rotary Club and specific projects. General solicitation of publishers for new books, community drives/collections of new and used books, and new books purchased with funds raised for a specific project. | ||
| Citation: | American Donated Books Abroad |