Organizational Profile: Angel Says: Read

Images courtesy of Jackie Spinner of Angel Says: Read

Jackie Spinner has a hell of a life story.

A publisher working for The Washington Post, Jackie went to Iraq in 2004 to report about a war for a paper.

She was kidnapped.

She survived a car bomb.

She came back to a US to write Tell Them we Didnt Cry: A Young Journalists Story of Joy, Loss, as well as Survival in Iraq, a book about her experience (co-authored by her twin sister), that was published by Simon & Schuster in 2006.

Then she came to Belize to start an classification called Angel Says: Read, a education project in that travelers play a central role.

Thats where we met Jackie- reading, not surprisingly, upon a porch in Punta Gorda.

We happened to be staying during a same hotel as well as as she talked with some alternative guests as well as expats, we listened a bit about Angel Says: Read. We talked about a classification some more over dinner.

Angel Says: Read is upon Facebook as well as Twitter.

The thought during a back of Angel Says: Read is straightforward. Travelers lend towards to carry books with them, as well as often leave a books during a back of when they pierce on. Nothing wrong with books sitting upon a hostel bookshelf or becoming part of a hotels lending library, but why not get some of those books in to internal libraries?

A volunteer carries donated books.

Belizes central language is English, so internal living room users benefit from a donated books, especially as Belizean libraries embrace no supervision funding. And Jackie says a books travelers to Belize leave during a back of arent crappy paperback romances. Memoirs as well as US bestsellers, often non-fiction, have been a most freque! ntly don ated books.

What we really like about Angel Says: Read, though, is a fact that Jackie has concerned Belizeans during all levels of a organization. The Board of Directors consists essentially of Belizeans, a internal artist written ASRs logo, as well as Belizeans manage a pick up as well as distribution of a books.

As a traveler, there have been a few ways we can get involved:

-If youre headed to Belize, check a list of pick up points where we can leave your books behind.

-Make a donation. You can have a money concession upon a ASR website or a book concession by sending boxes of books to: The Word during Work/1400 Wolflin Ave/Amarillo, Texas 79109. Save your mailing taking for a taxation deduction.

-You can start a identical module in your favorite transport destination.

For more ideas, revisit a ASR website.

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