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Love Box Self Storage – Donates a free storage space

tomstader — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:50:36 +0000

Love Box Self Storage believes in helping non-profit organizations in creative ways to maximize their good work. Love Box first heard about The Library Project in early 2009 from one of our staff members. After finding out more details about the organization’s great work in building community libraries in rural parts of China, Love Box decided to help by offering one of our self storage units for free. With their main operations based in Xi’an, The Library Project can now use our self storage facility as a friendly, convenient and safe way to store their marketing collateral and materials for fundraising events held regularly in Shanghai. “Love Box Self Storage has helped us to considerably cut down on our overhead expenses by offering us a free space to store our posters, flyers, and other materials that we use at our Shanghai fundraising events. Because of their support we are able to spend more of a donor’s financial contribution on books, and less on shipping costs,” says Tom Stader, The Library Project’s Founder. Love Box Self Storage is also our first book donation drop-off point in Shanghai.

And really, don’t they not have the cutest logo ever created? Seriously…

Hyatt on the Bund: Set Menu Fundraiser

tomstader — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:22:29 +0000

Hyatt on the Bund in Shanghai have been running a wonderful fundraiser that we’d like to share with you. They created a Library Project set menu that 10% of the money generated goes toward library donations in the Anhui Province. To date they have raised over 27,000 CNY and sold more than 380 sets. Take a look at the wonderful advertisements that they put together for this fundraiser. They are all very bright and fun.

Thank you Hyatt on the Bund for all of your support!

Book Collection: The Peninsula Beijing

tomstader — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:30:23 +0000

The Peninsula Beijing just completed a book collection to support The Library Project. They collected 150 hi-quality Chinese language children’s books through a “Children’s Party” for their employee’s children. They collected a wide range of children’s books that included: history, science, short stories, fairy tales, books for very young readers, children’s reference books, and an assortment of comic books.

These books will go into a school located in the Shaanxi Province in the coming months. We will be complimenting their donation of used books with new books. Book collections like these really help us keep our costs down, but also get more books into the hands of eager young readers. We’ll keep you posted as to the progress of their books finding a new home.

The Peninsula Beijing learned about The Library Project through a book collection conducted by ClarkMorgan at one of their recent free “demo” courses.

Time Out Shanghai article!

tomstader — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:42:22 +0000

Time Out Shanghai just wrote a great article on The Library Project. It is in their February 2010 edition. Thank youRebecca Kanthor for reaching out to our organization. Take a look at it by clicking on the link below:

Time Out Shanghai February 2010 Article

The Nexus fundraiser and group photo

tomstader — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:38:09 +0000

The Nexus, a Library Project student group at the Shanghai High School International Division, has just completed a their most recent fundraiser. On New Years Eve, Japanese students from the Shanghai High School International Division held a concert in downtown Shanghai that raised 3,700 CNY for The Nexus. They sold tickets to students (50rmb/ticket). It was an awesome night!

To date, The Nexus have held book collections and raised funds for four libraries. This Spring The Library Project will be donating The Nexus’ FOURTH library to a rural elementary school located in the Shaanxi Province. A huge thank you to everyone at The Nexus for your continued support.

Below are two group photos of the group.

Nexus Group Photo

ABOUT THE NEXUS

The Nexus is a student organization founded by Stephany Phung and Emma Harada that was established in 2008 at the Shanghai High School International Division. The Nexus’ mission is to be an extension of The Library Project, reaching out to the people of Shanghai radiating from within the school. Their goal is to raise funds to support The Library Project’s mission.

To learn more about The Nexus, please check out their website at: http://www.library-project.org/nexus.html