The scene at Ladybug Bookstore: How do you pack up 10,000 books? Fortunately, an energetic group of honor students (above, and in the two rows of photos immediately below) from Bishop Stang High School (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) volunteered their time and energy to the task!

James and Monica with two of the books they contributed

Ian and Claire choose which books to donate

Sy sorting and packing — does Dr. Seuss go with Goosebumps?

Ian holding up a book suitable for schools on rain-forested Caribbean islands

Dan and his wife, Joan, culled their children's bookshelves

Busy bookpackers at Ladybug Bookstore

Marti Reed at Personal Book Shop in Thomaston, Maine, with one of the books she donated that's destined for Union Island

The scene at the Hands "book depot" — two storage facility units in New Bedford, Massachusetts

Nan, a high-energy Hands volunteer from Padanaram, Massachusetts, in action. Go Nan!

Mary Ellen Hawes brought her own chair — that's thinking! — to help sort the 10,000 books

Susie Klein was a one-woman whirlwind packing up boxes of teachers' supplies

Knapper and TL loading up books donated by Barbara Grodin, Children's Librarian of the Oyster Bay (New York) East Norwich Public Library

For the second year in a row, AIT Worldwide came to the rescue by trucking the 100 boxes of books to Boaters for Books in Punta Gorda, Florida

Matt Pollock of Harte-Hanks was a hero, too. Matt palletized the Hands shipment of teachers' resources at the H-H warehouse in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts

TL nearing the finish line — lifting the last of the 100 boxes into the AIT Worldwide truck. Hey, who needs a gym or fancy weightlifting equipment?

Rose Caprice, one of the teachers at Jinja Pre-school, is pleased to receive Hands teaching resources from Lion Glenda Joseph, Chairperson of the Health and Education Committee of the Dominica Lions Club. The Lions Club of Dominica, Roseau Chapter, facilitated the passage of two pallets of teaching materials through customs. A huge "thank you!" to Louie Dubique and the Lions Club for their assistance and generosity.

Cecile James Mons, Director of Irie-Eco International Children's Camp, accepting art supplies for the summer program.

Pastora Mills, teacher at Goodwill Primary School, receives school resources for her first grade classroom.

Solange Payne from Newtown Primary School receives Hands Wish List items contributed by generous Hands donors and cleared through customs by the Lions Club of Dominica.

Shermaine Bardouille, Learning Support Advisor for the Southern District of the island of Dominica, accepts literacy manipulatives for her Teachers' Resource Centre.