Your 2009 donations have arrived at their new home!
 February 2010 
  Nothing compares with the learning thrill of cool new books and teaching resources!
Ready for some new good news? The Hands shipment of over 10,000 books and 32 boxes of teaching resources made possible by you, generous Hands contributors, has arrived safely in the Caribbean. The books and resources have been distributed to the 16 schools of the Hands Schools (not Pirates!) of the Caribbean project.

Students are thrilled — they have art materials to spark their creativity, phonics and spelling materials to improve their language skills, and lots of great books to read to expand their imagination and knowledge of the world. Teachers are ecstatic — they are using the Hands-donated teaching resources to create new manipulatives, literacy centers, and lesson plans to lift their students to a higher level. Meanwhile, the Hands crew is in danger of sustaining broken ribs from group hugs by (very) excited school children! Watching the kids' faces as they open your donated boxes of
wonderful, wonderful books to read — everything from Dr. Seuss to Goosebumps to the range of outstanding childrens' books
published by Scholastic — tells us that the gift of books is better than celebrating Thanksgiving and a birthday on the same day!

Hands owes a huge thanks to the Roseau, Dominica Lions Club and president Louisiana Dubuique for bringing the books and resources shipment through Customs yet again. And we salute our partners, Tropical Shipping, Boaters for Books, AIT Worldwide,and Harte-Hanks for their awesome logistical assistance. Finally, it's you, our generous Hands contributors, who make it all possible. Thank you for supporting Hands Across the Sea and our non-profit work.
T.L. and Harriet
 
 
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