Rotary wants GCSE books for tsunami victims
The organisers of a charity book appeal are asking teenagers who have completed their exams to donate old GCSE textbooks.
The Rotary Club of Stamford is appealing for GCSE course books and children's books to help victims of the 2004 tsunami, which hit Sri Lanka on Boxing Day.
The books will be given to children on the island. The club has previously provided desks and other supplies to refurbish or rebuild schools there.
Rotarian Tony Wakefield, 75, of Little Casterton Road, Stamford, collected some of the books from the offices of the Citizen's sister paper, the Mercury, in Sheep Market, Stamford, where we are collecting donations.
He said: "It is fantastic to see so many books and people have been really generous. We are very grateful for this donation.
"We already know how grateful the children are for the books because of the feedback we have had from previous donations and these will be put to good use."
The books will be sent first to a rotary club in Sri Lanka before being distributed.
Before the end of the school term, some schools in Stamford including Malcolm Sargent Primary and Stamford Queen Eleanor School donated books they no longer needed.
The club has already sent about 10 tons of books following appeals in 2008 and 2009.
If schools have lots of GCSE books, the Mercury, can arrange to have them collected.
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