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WanderingBookaneer
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@BookishMarginalia is already planning to enrich her students‘ educational experience next year. Through Donors Choose—and with the help of some Littens—she was able to fun her writing project, now she‘s working on literacy through magazine subscriptions. #LittenLove #LitsHelp #TeachersOfLitsy

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WanderingBookaneer
Helpless: A Novel | Barbara Gowdy
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Went to Los Naranjos today. I won‘t lie to you. It was heartbreaking. The people in this house have four children. They waited out the storm in a shelter and came back to find that their house had been looted.
Help us get them (and every family in this community) beds. If we raise $30,000 , Foundation for Puerto Rico will match it. #LitsHelp https://www.gofundme.com/bear-bball-helping-los-naranjos

AndreaReads How heartbreaking. Thank you for posting the link! 6y
tammysue Thanks for posting! Done! ❤️ 6y
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WanderingBookaneer
Helpless: A Novel | Barbara Gowdy
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#LitsHelp Update:
We met with members of the community on Saturday and what they want more than anything is beds. They lost their mattresses, bed linens, towels, etc. and have been sleeping on the floor since the hurricane. We are still trying to figure out the logistics behind buying 203 beds ($44,000) , but my friend Garrison ( @gibblr ‘s husband) has pledged to donate all the money he raises in the link below to our efforts:

WanderingBookaneer Before he knew what was needed he set the goal at $10,000 but you can donate even after that goal is met: https://www.gofundme.com/bear-bball-helping-los-naranjos?pc=fb_d_g&rcid=r01-1508... 7y
saresmoore 👍 Happy to be able to help in a tangible way! 7y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Done! Thanks for posting. ❤️ 7y
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emilyhaldi Awesome! 7y
NCNY Thanks for sharing the link. Please continue to let us know about any other ways we can help you or people you know. 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess Will donate tomorrow and sharing on my page as well. 7y
jpmcwisemorgan I‘ve shared the link too! I‘m excited to see that the original goal was met so quickly. And it‘s still going!!! 7y
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BookishMarginalia
Hurricane Punch | Tim Dorsey
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Head over to @WanderingBookaneer 's profile and scroll to this post to #Litshelp kids in a community in dire need in #PuertoRico #AfterMaria. Thank you, Littens!

EllieDottie Thank you so much for letting us know how we can help! Will start getting stuff together!! 7y
Bostonmomx2 I think she‘s also going to start an amazon wishlist so people can just buy a couple things and have amazon ship. 😊 7y
Bloomingjen Amazon wishlist would be awesome 7y
jpmcwisemorgan Oh and Amazon wishlist would be even better! If that happens please update. 7y
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WanderingBookaneer
Helpless: A Novel | Barbara Gowdy
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#LitsHelp
Littens, I need your help. Tomorrow I will visit Los Naranjos, a community my school adopted. For the 18 months we have created a tutoring program to help kids succeed in school, brought activities such as coding and sports clinics on Saturdays, and even offered a free summer camp program. During Hurricane María the sewage plant next to the community overflowed, as did the rivers to the north and west. Every family lost everything. ⬇️

WanderingBookaneer I'm asking for donations of school materials: pencils, pens, loose-leaf papers, construction paper, notebooks, colored pencils, markers, scissors, rulers, glue and the like. Everything would be used to continue the children's education. You may send donations to me: Jeimy González TASIS Dorado. 11 Carr 693. Dorado, PR 00646 7y
WanderingBookaneer My email is gonzalez.j@tasisdorado.com 7y
WanderingBookaneer Board games and card games are also welcome, as well as thing that promote physical fitness. We use the latter in the weekend to have impromptu PhysEd classes/challenges. Thank you! 7y
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LibrarianRyan I have some cool games I'll get in a box asap. And a few other things as well! 7y
BookNAround I have a bunch of previously loved things (crayons, markers, etc.) my kids have outgrown that I'm happy to send along if you're interested. 7y
jpmcwisemorgan Is this something you need not only immediately but on an ongoing basis? (edited) 7y
WanderingBookaneer @LibrarianRyan : Thanks! @BookNAround : Interested! @jpmcwisemorgan : Both, I guess. Their schools are still closed, but we want to be ready to help when they open, We offer tutoring every Tuesday and Thursday and go every Saturday for sports, arts, computer, etc. 7y
JSW I‘m doing a cleanup/sort at home not this weekend but next. I‘ll see what I can salvage. ❤️❤️❤️ Could you also use any gift cards to stores for stuff? What stores? 7y
jpmcwisemorgan Ok, good to know. I‘ll put the word out and see what I can get to send! 7y
WanderingBookaneer @JSW : Thanks! Amazon, Walmart, Office Depot, Walgreens, CVS... We don't have Target or Staples here, but we have a lot of US chains here. If you were thinking of another, just ask! 7y
NovelGirl82 I've got lots of just plain #2 pencils still in the box that I can send. I'll see what else I can find! 7y
DHill Will get items together and sent off right away! 7y
Karkar @WanderingBookaneer would you be willing to create an Amazon wish list too? That way some of us can purchase on there and have it shipped directly :) 7y
WanderingBookaneer @Karkar : I can do that when I get back to school on Monday as I don't have WiFi at home. 7y
Notafraidofwords Hey, Sign me up for this. Will send school stuff your way!!! 7y
Kristy_K @Karkar Great idea! @WanderingBookaneer let me know when you have the amazon wish list set up and I'd love to send some things for you guys! 7y
TheBookDream What age range do you need games for? 7y
AmyG @Karkar Amazon wishlist is a wonderful idea. Makes it easy to get exactly what is needed. Please let us know when that‘s up. 7y
WanderingBookaneer @TheBookDream : Youngest children that visit us are 2 years old, the oldest are 15/16. 7y
Bostonmomx2 I‘ll try to keep watching for an amazon list and send a little something ❤️ 7y
ErikasMindfulShelf Amazon wishlist sounds great. Would love to help out. 7y
ApoptyGina69 On it! Thanks for letting us know. I‘ll get together some things to mail on Monday. 💖 7y
ptkpepe98 Definitely putting a package together to help. Do they need toiletries, toothbrushes, etc.? 7y
DuckOfDoom I would like to help, too, but I live in Germany and a package will need ages to arrive - what can I do? 7y
Dogearedcopy I'm in! I'll wait until the AMZN wishlist goes up on Monday. Please don't hesitate to add other basics to the list, or even a bigger ticket item (like that Bio Lite that @JenP sent @BookishMarginalia !) (edited) 7y
Jas16 On it! 7y
IamIamIam I think we're going to end up doing Amazon gift cards too because Scholastic doesn't participate with schools in PR 7y
Heretherebedragons I'm in too! An Amazon wishlist would be great. Let us know when it's up and what it's called! 7y
JenP I‘m sharing with my friends on social media too so you‘ll get stuff from Jon-Litsy folks too! Let us know when you have the amazon wishlist. I will post it again too 7y
TheBookDream Add me to the "I'll be looking for this Amazon wish list to go up on Monday." 7y
dariazeoli Will look for the Amazon Wishlist early next week! 👍🏻 7y
jpmcwisemorgan My landlords and I are awaiting your Amazon Wishlist. Make a big one because I plan to share it to everyone I know. You, your neighbors, the kids you tutor. I know that a lot of us want to know that people in PR get what they can use. 7y
alisiakae We received $13,000 worth of new soccer equipment yesterday during our donation drive. Let me see if some of those donations can find it's way to this community. (edited) 7y
Yellowpigeon Hi I have a bunch of stuff ready to go. I also have a bunch of unopened tampons, etc, that I won't be using. Would that be useful to your community (not necessarily just the school)? I know when we have supply drives here these are a requested item because they aren't usually given 7y
jpmcwisemorgan I already told my landlords that you might have a list! @Yellowpigeon Yes! That‘s a great idea and those are items that get overlooked. We included them in Harvey related drives in Texas. 7y
DHill Just sent a package from Iowa. Not much but I hope it helps. 7y
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