Over a thousand books and school supplies donated by Reader to Reader have reached the Bahamas, where they will help restock schools destroyed by Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015.
We are very happy with the response:
"There is an amazing assortment of books from your group!"
Hurricane Joaquin, which at its peak had wind speeds of 155 MPH, was only the 20th Category 4 or 5 hurricane to impact the island nation in historical records dating all the way back to 1851.
Schools were severely damaged with many losing all their books, computers, furniture and school supplies.
Many homes were completely destroyed, with 87% of the homes on Crooked Island totally destroyed.
We are pleased to be part of the relief effort, and are continuing to ship textbooks, fiction and nonfiction for all grades, and school supplies.
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