Live-in for Literacy
Posted: January 16th, 2009Commerce students Gordon Giang and Lisa Nguyen have set up camp in the Stauffer loggia for the fourth annual Live-in for Literacy event. From Friday, January 16 through Monday, January 26, they will remain in the library 24 hours a day, with only five minutes of every hour permitted for bathroom or other necessary breaks.
The students are raising funds to support the work of Room to Read, a non-profit organization that partners with local communities throughout the developing world to provide quality educational opportunities by establishing libraries, creating local language children’s literature, constructing schools, providing education to girls and establishing computer labs. This year’s campaign will support the construction of nine school libraries in India.
Initiated at Queen’s University in 2005 by the DREAM (Discover the Reality of Educating All Minds) student club, the Live-in for Literacy event has expanded to seven university libraries across Canada. Visit www.liveinforliteracy.com to view real-time webcam coverage from each of the locations and to learn more about the campaign.
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