UCAN X SEE
uniting children across nations X Sending eyeglasses everywhere
UCAN BOOK & EYEGLASSES DRIVE
Help us spread literacy around the globe by donating books to build our very own library in impoverished areas!
You may also bring along eyeglasses/sunglasses to help us empower people around the world!
from January 16, 2020 - March 28, 2020
all proceeds go to the good steward global initiative.
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Children's Books - for all ages-preschool to teen, fiction, and nonfiction
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Classics-and simplified classics
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Dictionaries, including picture dictionaries
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Encyclopedias
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Encyclopedias on CD Rom. Other information on CD ROM (PC format)
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English readers and grammar
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Crafts & How-to Books
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Health, especially "Where There is No Doctor" type books
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Science and Math (K-University)
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Agriculture, vegetable gardening, beekeeping, animal husbandry
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Ecology, environment, nature, and animals
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Vocational books (plumbing, electrical wiring, carpentry)
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National Geographic
BOOKS WE NEED
(Must be in
new or gently-used condition.)
NOT SO MUCH
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Magazines or journals (except National Geographic)
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Home decorating, wedding, or cookbooks
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Books focused on magic, sorcery or less than wholesome themes.
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Ethnocentric books, such as the history of Ohio
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Foreign language books
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American history or civics
(Items that won't help and we can't trade.)
You may also bring eyeglasses/sunglasses to help us empower people all around the world!
GLASSES WE NEED
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Old prescription glasses
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Prescription sunglasses
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Generic reading glasses
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Generic sunglasses (kid-size and adult-size)
(Must be in
new or gently-used condition.)
If you can donate with the case that would be awesome, but if not, please put the glasses into a ziploc bag!
We CANNOT take contact lenses/cases.
DETAILS
drop off
Donations will be accepted on the following days/times:
January 16 (Sat) ; 10 am - 12 pm
January 31 (Sun) ; 2 pm - 4 pm
February 13 (Sat) ; 10 am - 12 pm
February 28 (Sun) ; 2 pm - 4 pm
March 13 (Sat) ; 10 am - 12 pm
March 28 (Sun) ; 2 pm - 4 pm
Pavilion near the Riverstone Clubhouse
You must sign up for a time slot. When signing up, please comment which club you're donating for and your full name.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR DROP-OFF
You will see a table set up at the Pavillion. Please have your donations and volunteering hour sheet ready.
Important: When you drop off your books, please place them in a bag and on a sticky note, write your name, number of books, and what club you're donating for. For glasses, please place them in a Ziploc bag with a sticky note (name, number of pairs of glasses, and what club you’re donating for).
hope we see you there!
INCENTIVES
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$10 gift card raffle: 1 entry for every 10 books
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$10 gift card raffle: 1 entry for 4 pair of glasses and an additional entry per additional pair of glasses
Volunteer hours
30 minutes of volunteer credit for every 10 books or 4 pairs of glasses donated
(Cap of two hours)
