Make a Difference Day

October 26- National Make A Difference Day

Pearls of Africa joined thousands of other organizations around the country, on Saturday October 26, to celebrate national Make A Difference Day. This was Pearls of Africa's first year to participate, and it did so by partnering with a local Borders Books and Music store, to collect book donations for the Children's Resource Library in Kampala Uganda.The library serves children with disabilities and their families.

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Make a Difference Day in the Borders Books and Music store in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Customers visiting the Borders store in Scranton, Pennsylvania, were asked to "make a difference" by choosing a favorite children's book to donate to the library in Uganda. Borders did its part by offering a 25% discount on all books donated to POA!

The generosity of the Borders patrons truly shone through! By the end of the day, Pearls of Africa collected more than $175 dollars worth of new books and tapes for the library! This moves us ever closer to our goal of 400 books by Dec 31!

For more information about the library, click here to link to our resource library

Pearls of Africa would like to thank all of those who helped Make a Difference, including:

- Mike Ashworth and the staff at Borders for all of their help and support
- All of the online volunteers who helped make the event possible
- Everyone who donated books and tapes

We thank everyone involved and look forward to next year! Plans are already underway for Make a Difference Day 2003!