Another record-making success!
What a time we live in. Challenges everywhere! Thank you to all who donated in 2008 to WMF and for caring about education, literacy and the arts in a time of tough reprioritizing for all of us. Read the numbers below. We are so gratified that our tiny little foundation has been able to do so much to help make the world just a little better place. Fifty-five people and institutions made this possible! With the help of our donors and supports, we can and will continue to make a difference.
Some Happy Numbers:
- 25 full Empowerment Through Education scholarship students in Ghana, Haiti, Senegal and Zimbabwe (compared to 11 last year).
- 10,000 books, 200 boxes, of donated books shipped to Haiti.
- 5 direct visits by WMF Board members Tom and Carol Wells to Haiti; Jordyn Wells and Katherine Cheng to Senegal, Mali and Ghana; David Bolger to British Virgin Gorda.
- 100 books for the students of South Grade Elementary School in Florida
- 319 children from birth to age 5, receive free books, paid for by WMF, each month mailed to their home in five rural towns in Vermont.
- 88 books donated and shipped to Valley Day School in British Virgin Gorda.
- 1 new YMCA branch and new library, “Bibliotheque Carol Wells”, opened in Kenscoff, Haiti.
- 2 sun ovens delivered to Senegal and Haiti for WMF’s pilot sun oven project.
- 175 students participated in the “Theatre Spectacular”, underwritten by WMF, in Accra, Ghana.
- 405 books donated and delivered to Addison County, Vermont children in need via our Book Angel holiday program.
- $60,000 from the Bolger Foundation
- $11,000 grant received from The International Foundation of Fairfield, NJ for our Empowerment Through Education program.
- $1000 grant received from International Paper Foundation, Ticonderoga, NY for our Book Angel program.
- 10 Board members (4 new this year) all contributed to our year-end appeal – 100% participation.
- A record 55 donors contributed a record
- $104,743 to our 2008 annual campaign!
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