ReCovering New Orleans: One Book at a Time

From: Alifano, Alison F. (AlifanoA@sullcrom.com)
Date: Mon May 21 2007 - 15:26:35 PDT


The Annual Meeting is less than 2 months away! I know how startling that is, time is certainly moving quickly. There is still time to donate to this year's book drive - ReCovering New Orleans: One Book at a Time. The Social Responsibilities SIS has chosen the Recovery District Schools in New Orleans as the recipient of this years book drive proceeds. Since there is such a dire need at so many New Orleans public schools, whose libraries were badly damaged, we thought that we would have the most impact by donating to the Recovery School District ("RSD"). The RSD now has 25 needy schools (there were 21 schools when I sent the original email announcing the book drive) under its umbrella including elementary, middle and high schools. Because of the shortage of both staff and resources, the RSD can not provide us with a list of titles but instead would like to encourage us to use our own judgment when purchasing books for the District. More information about the Recovery School District can be found at: * http://www.nolapublicschools.net/ * http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/uploads/8947.pdf While the donation of books will be gladly accepted and we do not want to discourage anyone from donating books, the RSD let us know that cash and gift cards, particularly from Barnes & Noble, would be welcome as well. We mention Barnes & Noble specifically because the RSD is receiving a very heavy discount from them so that the gift cards and cash can be stretched much further. Books, checks (payable to AALL) and gift cards can be sent directly to Carol Billings, SR Book Drive, Law Library of Louisiana, 400 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130-2104. We have already begun to receive donations for this years book drive so please keep them coming and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Carol Billings (cbillings@lasc.org <mailto:cbillings@lasc.org> ) or Alison Alifano (alifanoa@sullcrom.com <mailto:alifanoa@sullcrom.com> ). This e-mail is sent by a law firm and contains information that may be privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and notify us immediately.



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