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READLEARNGROW

BOOKS FOR AFRICA

2001 ANNUALREPORT

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BOOKS FOR AFRICA

A simple name, for a simpleorganization with a simple mission:We collect, sort, ship, and distributebooks to children in Africa.

That’s all we do.Our goal: to end the

book famine in Africa.

Since 1988, Books For Africa has

shipped more than 6 million books to

21 African countries.The books are on

once-empty library shelves, in classrooms

in rural schools, and in the hands of children

who have never before held a book.

Children who are hungry to read, hungry

to learn, hungry to explore their world in

ways that only books make possible.

We’ve sent millions of books.Millions more are needed.

Senegal

BOOKS FOR AFRICA RECIPIENTCOUNTRIES AND NUMBER OFSHIPMENTS RECEIVED

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Dear Friends,

We generally use this space to provide an overview of the past year’s activities—an introduction to the

more detailed accounts you’ll find in the pages that follow. We use it, in other words, to talk about what

Books For Africa has achieved since our last report to you. Indeed, this has been another year of

tremendous accomplishment for BFA, and we’re eager for you to read all about it. But for the moment, and

at this moment in history, we’d like to talk briefly about why it is that we—and you—have chosen this work.

We’ve chosen it because we believe, as Henry David Thoreau wrote in Walden, that “books are the

treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.” We’ve chosen it because

we believe, with James Russell Lowell, that “books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from

one to another mind.” We’ve chosen it because we believe, in the words of Barbara Tuchman, that “books

are the carriers of civilization…. Books are humanity in print.”

And we’ve chosen it for personal reasons—because, beginning in childhood, books have been of

inestimable value in shaping our minds, our dreams, our very selves. Having grown up in a society where

books were plentiful, having received their gifts so liberally, so easily, we are compelled to do whatever we

can to end the book famine in Africa. Over the past 13 years, BFA has made remarkable progress toward

this goal. At the same time, our work has barely begun.

As you consider your year-end or new-year gift to Books For Africa, we’d like to ask you a question: What’s

the most important book you’ve ever read? Not necessarily the best book, the most critically acclaimed,

the weightiest or most ambitious, but the book that was most important to you. The one that unfolded a

world you’d never imagined, filled you with an awe you’d never experienced, showed you a future you’d

never thought possible, offered you a comfort you’d never dared hope for. Think of how that book made you

feel, physically and emotionally; think of the sheer trembling excitement of discovering such a book. Then

multiply that feeling a million-fold, and you begin to get a sense of what we can accomplish, together, for

the book-starved children of Africa.

Thank you for your contribution to this vital work, and may all of us, throughout the world, know peace and

happiness in the months and years to come.

Sincerely,

Lane Ayres Robert Kowalczyk

President Executive Director

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The relief was palpable in St. Paul, Minnesota and

Freetown, Sierra Leone when 25,000 textbooks finally

reached that war-torn West African nation in March

2000.The shipment culminated four years of effort

between BFA and its partner organization in Sierra

Leone, SHARE (Save Heritage And Rehabilitate the

Environment).An indigenous, non-governmental

organization focused on national development,

SHARE’s motto is:“Putting people in the center of

things.” SHARE’s incredible persistence and

determination to address its country’s book famine

in the midst of a decade-long civil war is a fascinating

story that illustrates how BFA works.

April 1997 – Initial Contact: SHARE first learns

about BFA through an Internet search. Following this

cyberspace contact, Program Director Zainab Kamara

explains that SHARE’s purpose is to help people

become self-sufficient through education and

development projects. She describes Sierra Leone’s

4.5 million people as on the brink of hopelessness,

second to last of all nations in poverty ($500 per

capita income) and illiteracy (69%).With the civil

war destroying much of the educational infrastructure,

SHARE’s commitment to education, she writes, is

“as towering as the sky above us."

BFA Director Bob Kowalczyk replies immediately,

describing BFA’s mission and how it gathers large

contributions of new and used textbooks from

American schools, libraries and publishers. He explains

that BFA donates each container of 25,000 books, but

it will be SHARE’s responsibility to raise the shipping

costs. However, he also explains how SHARE can

apply for a BFA grant to cover up to half the costs.

May 1997 – A Plan Is Made: Zainab articulates

SHARE’s connection to several prominent educational

“Where there’s a will,there’s a way”

NO SMALLACCOMPLISHMENT

IN SIERRA LEONE

2001

SHARE EXPRESSES SINCERE

APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTAINER OF

BOOKS THAT YOU DONATED TO US.

WE WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT IT

HAS GONE A LONG WAY TO REDUCING

THE BOOK FAMINE IN OUR COUNTRY.

THE WAR CREATED SUCH

DESTRUCTION TO EDUCATIONAL

INSTITUTIONS THAT OUR EFFORT WAS

GREETED WITH COUNTLESS NUMBER

OF REQUESTS, FAR MORE THAN WE

WERE ABLE TO SATISFY.

Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell,Executive Director, SHARE, Sierra Leone

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institutions throughout Sierra Leone, reporting that

over 2,000 students hold voluntary memberships

with SHARE. She provides the specific needs for

primary, secondary, and college textbooks, and

makes a commitment to raising funds.

November 1997 – The Realities: Zainab writes

that a military junta has toppled the newly elected

democratic government. Outraged, 90% of Sierra

Leone’s citizens have become active in civil

disobedience and the junta is eventually overthrown.

But more chaos ensues. Schools and postal services

close. Even more distressing, the corporations that

had offered shipping funds months earlier have now

either declared bankruptcy or left the country.

August 1998 – Renewed Contact:After nearly

a year of no contact, SHARE writes to pledge again

its commitment to help repair the country’s

educational sector. More information on the

devastation in the country is relayed, and then again

communication is suspended. Finally, in October

1999 BFA receives an e-mail from SHARE’s

Executive Director Elvis Hallowell.A former

teacher, journalist and poet, Elvis explains:“The

organization lost your address in the inferno of

fire that ate the city.This morning as I was going

into the Internet, I thought to myself that if I should

type www.booksforafrica.org I would definitely be

hooked up.And there I was browsing into your

website!” Hallowell’s perseverance has paid off.

November 1999 – Grant Secured, Plans

Detailed: Hallowell notifies BFA that the

international relief agency CARE has approved a

grant to cover half the shipping costs. BFA quickly

responds in kind, providing SHARE a grant for the

other half. Details regarding SHARE’s textbook

needs are again worked out. (Continued on page 4)

MALAWI BOOK PROJECT FORMS PARTNERSHIPSExecutive Director Bob Kowalczyk and Board Vice Chair John Ziegenhagen traveled to Malawi in April to firm up plans for theMalawi Book Project. Launched last year, this innovative project will place a 25-bookreference library in every public and privateprimary and secondary school in the country,which has a literacy rate of 48 percent. They secured pledges of support from allthree Malawi Rotary clubs, sought advicefrom other education-related non-governmental organizations, and visitedseveral primary and secondary schools that had received BFA books in the past. In addition, the U.S. Ambassador in Malawi pledged the embassy’s support in publicizing the project during the bookdistribution phase.

The coming year will focus on completingproject fundraising from U.S. Rotary clubs,foundations, corporations and individuals;firming up partnership agreements withmajor book publishers; and refining theproject’s training and evaluation component.Minnesota Rotary clubs provided significantfunding support for the early planningphases. If successful, the project could be replicated in other nations in which BFA operates.

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January 2000 – BFA Prepares SHARE’s

Shipment: In the basement of BFA’s donated

warehouse space in St. Paul, thousands of textbooks

contributed by schools, libraries, publishers and

individuals are stacked. Supervised by warehouse

manager Tom Parry, volunteers congregate weekly

sort books for quality and appropriateness.The

volunteers come from diverse backgrounds — many

through their love of books, others through their

connection to service organizations or their keen

awareness of the need for books in Africa. Patiently

they work their way through the mountains of

unsorted books, until the warehouse tables are neatly

laid out with stacks of books separated by grade level

and subject matter.

With SHARE’s book request list in hand,Tom calls

in Ramsey County’s Sentence to Serve “volunteers”

(those given community service sentences through the

courts) to pack books. In three weeks, 650 boxes are

sealed and carefully labeled, secured on pallets, and

loaded into a 20-foot sea container for shipment to

Sierra Leone.

March 2000 – SHARE Meets the Ship:A month

after the container leaves the warehouse, SHARE sends

word the shipment has arrived. It is a joyous occasion.

The 25,000 books are trucked to SHARE’s central

distribution point and are then given to beneficiaries

determined by SHARE and the Sierra Leone Ministry

of Education.Twenty-five percent of the books go to

primary schools, 25% to secondary schools, and 50%

to colleges. In all, 52 schools receive books.

2001HIGHLIGHTS• Dr. Natalie Hahn, senior advisor for the United Nations Fund for InternationalPartnerships, met with BFA’s staff,volunteers and Advisory Board.

• $25,000 capacity building grant from The St. Paul Companies provided asprinkler system, sign, cardboard baler and new brochure for BFA.

• First Lady of Tanzania Mama Mkapa. met with BFA regarding the development of the Nyerere Memorial Library in Tanzania.

• 1,400 copies of Africana:The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience weredistributed throughout eight countries in Africa. The books and funds todistribute them were provided by the Citigroup Foundation in partnership with Africana.com.

• Tom Warth, BFA’s founder, publicly recognized:

• Harriet Van Meter Humanitarian Award for International Relations

• International Children’s Champion Award

• The Warth Library named in Mbinga, Tanzania

• 2001 Twin Cities International Citizen’s Award

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Recipient schools range from the Methodist Boys

High School to the Freetown Secondary School for

Girls, from The Sierra Leone Grammar School to

Makeni Teachers’ College, from the Flaming

Evangelical Ministries School to the Muslim

Congress Secondary School, from The College of

Medicine & Allied Health Sciences to the College

of Business Studies.

December 2000 – BFA Evaluates Its

Accomplishment: Following distribution, Elvis

provides BFA with documentation of the distribution

process, including photos and a sheaf of thank you

letters from school principals. On BFA’s book

evaluation form he indicates that the textbooks are

appropriate and useful. None have gone unused.

In his final letter, Elvis writes:“SHARE expresses

sincere appreciation for the container of books that

you donated to us. It has gone a long way to reducing

the book famine in our country.The war created such

destruction to educational institutions that our effort

was greeted with countless requests, far more than

we were able to satisfy." In closing, he requests

consideration for another shipment of books.

Although more complicated than most, the Sierra

Leone project demonstrates “where there’s a will,

there’s a way." Now multiply this project by 40.

That is the number of projects that BFA carried

out during 2001.Through those projects, children

throughout Africa are the beneficiaries of BFA’s

ever-growing list of partners and supporters.

PARTNERING WITH ROTARY CLUBSRotary clubs in Minnesota and across thecountry joined forces with BFA this year to help address the book famine in Africa.The Rotary clubs of North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale (MN), Grand IslandSunrise and Noon (NE), Woodbury (MN),and Savannah South (GA) partnered withBFA to send 200,000 books to thechildren of Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Uganda.BFA provided the books, while the shippingcosts were paid by the sponsoring Rotaryclubs, matched by their respective Rotary District Foundations, and thenmatched again by the Rotary InternationalFoundation.

Complementing these efforts, the Inver Grove Heights-South St. Paul (MN)Rotary Club conducted a Minnesotastatewide public school book drive resultingin over 100,000 books being donated toBFA. Rotarians gave willingly of their timeto pick up books and deliver them to BFA’s St. Paul warehouse – where Rotariansregularly donate their time sorting andpacking books. In addition, Rotary clubs inDistricts 5950 and 5960 and theirfoundations contributed $50,000 towardBFA’s Malawi Project. Rotary clubs havepartnered with BFA since its founding in1988. Thirteen years later, Rotary’scommitment to the children of Africa isstronger than ever.

I WRITE TO THANK YOU MOST

SINCERELY FOR THE CARTONS

—FULL OF BOOKS DONATED

TO THE SCHOOL. WE REALLY

APPRECIATE SUCH A TIMELY AND

THOUGHTFUL GESTURE.

Mrs.A.C. Roberts, Principal,Annie Walsh Memorial School,Sierra Leone

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CONTRIBUTORSFINANCIAL CONTRIBUTORS 7/1/2000–6/30/2001

INDIVIDUALS $2500 - $3000AnonymousChandler and Louise Ketchum

$1000 - $2499Frank R. AlloccaLane Ayres and Marion McNurlenFrank W. BabkaEdward and Kris BrehmRev. James ChallancinMarla and William KennedyLouise and Bill KlasClark and Vonnie LaChapelleDr. and Mrs. Edward E. OrdmanJeffrey and Suzanne PopeSarlo Family Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish CommunityEndowment FundJohn SiversonDavid A. and Cheryl A. SmithThomas and Ancella ToldrianTom and Zantha LaFon Warth

$500 - $999Ronald AminzadeRichard A. BrusseauJames and Susan LenfesteyJack and Vivian MasonJ. Paul NesseDavid R. OrensteinJim and Marie SchaferDennis and Barbara SennesethKathleen M. Wolf

$250 - $499Jason BarrettRussell and Carolyn BremnerMark Deziel and Michelle SmithJohn Jr. and Jean A. ErvinElaine FriedrichJudith D. KlingsickHerb and Corrine LundbergRobert and Polly McCreaRobert and Cynthia MinnihanLarry OldsMr. and Mrs. Bruce PerryIrene QualtersNii Ayite QuayeBobbiedine RoddaCarolyn Sanford and Chuck CarlinDennis J. SchapiroLarry and Rhonda SharpeJohannes TheronJohn Ziegenhagen and Luanne Nyberg

$100 - $249Howard AlbertsonRobert AminzadeKojo Amoo-GottfriedLinda R. AmreinRenner and Martha AndersonMike AntonackMark and Julie ArendRagui A. AssaadJim and Doris AyresGunnar and Jacquelyn BalstadMark and Joan BarrettLinda Bearinger and Michael ResnickBetty Ann BenderRobert and Pearl BergadKaren L. BorreThomas C. BrierleyLynn Brofman and Charles LevinRobin and Gregg BrooksbankDan BuettnerLee and Edith BurchinalCharles and Brenda BurmeisterSusan and Jack BuserAnn CalvertWilliam and Constance CameronCatherine and Joseph CarrollCarol J. ChristensonJames and Barbara ChristophersonShane CoenBurt and Rusty CohenLawrence and Jane Snell CopesBonnie CorcoranJohn and Page CowlesFord W. and Jane R. CrouchWilliam DantEdward DaytonJames E. DorseyJean Ann DuradesTerry EhrichRichard FeeneyRobert and Adelyne FitzsimmonsWes and Ruth FraserSy and Marjorie FriedmanDan FroilandGeorge and Reidun GaugerPhilip and Carol GersmehlWilliam and Sally GieseOrpha C. GoodhueJohn and Lynn GoodwyneElizabeth C. Grant and William CaseyStanley and Gail Greenwald

Gail C. GrissomRosalie H. HallRobert J. Hauer Jr.R. Donald HawkinsonJohn and Jean HedbergQuentin and Sally HeimermanGary HillJim HinmanDean and Mary Ann HonetschlagerRuth A. HumeRichard and Marcy JacksonPaul and Ruth JeffriesRobert JenkinsWalter and Geneva JohnsonVivian E. JohnsonMarlene JohnstonMichael and Rita KaufmanKit Ketchum and Ginny McCarthyB. D. KilleenA.R. KircherRobert and Sandy KlasAnnie KlasBarbara and Herbert KlemmeJohn and Val KlettRobert J. KowalczykJoe and Catherine KowalczykRobert and Joanne KraskeJune KronholzChristopher and Nancy Lake-SmithMichael and JoAnne LammVicki LanskyJohn Lavander and Nancy OwenDonald LeeperLynn LegerPaul and Carol LetourneauFrank and Mary LevinsDaniel J. Loes MDRobert and Kay LohmerJoseph LoughlinDaniel LuthringshauserElizabeth MalanaphyDeane ManolisMrs. Albert M. MarshallMichael McCarthyFiona McCraeWendy and Malcolm McLeanMary McLeodThomas and Joan MearsRobert and Virginia MelinM. Michael Menzel and Kathryn IversonCharles and Anita MettilleSusanna MeyerDavid MillardDevora and Kilian MolitorDaniel J. MollnerKaren and Art MonsonCharles MorrisonDale and Janice MulfingerSallie NeallMarybeth NelsonSelmer NelsonKarl and Lora NeumeierJames and Yvonne NoblesBernerd L. O’NeilDave and Janet OlfeByron and Alis OlsenRichard and Marie OlsenLisa PaulsonMrs. Monte PettersenSuzanne M. PietschRoselyn PineaultWayne and Ona PinsonneaultDierk PolzinMary and Jonathan PreusNancy and James PurcellDon Reznicek and Clare GravonPhillip J. RivenessFredric and Caralee RobertsCarolyn H. RobyJennie J. RossMatilda and Robert RuppDorothy SauberJeffrey and Lea SchererClaudia D. SchnitkerEarl and Rebecca ScottGreta SebaldAlan and Janice SickbertAndrew Sisson and Karen LevineKent and Julie SmallDr. and Mrs. John SoucherayEdward L. StanleyNorton StillmanRussell and Anne StromAmy SundbergJoyce and S.D. SundrumFrederic and Janice SyrdalRonald and Margaret TabarHarold TeasdaleRobert and Amie ThomsonSusan ThomsonMichael TibbettsClaire E. TollTrendah Fund of The Saint PaulFoundationMichael and Doreen TrucanoJay and Mary Van HookJoanne Von BlonMichael S. and Donna D. Wallace

Christine WatkinsGerald WeatherallWayne J. WeinholdMr. and Mrs. F. T. WeyerhaeuserFrank S. WilkinsonLinda WooMari-Jo WoolfeRoger and Barbara WotheViolet M. Zeien

Up to $99AnonymousViola and Rolf AasengDaniel Abebe and Jodi BantleyDr. and Mrs. Richard AddyJean D. AndersonRussell and Mildred AndersonYvonne AppiahGwenn N. BahnsonColleen BaldricaNicholas and Karen BasilMarge BearingerW.H. BeeryJoseph BellHoward K BellDavid BelsethMrs. Louis M. Benepe IIIJudith BenjaminCarol BenkofskeCheryll BensonPeter Benson and Tuni Munson-BensonGreg BensonJanet Berryhill and Michael ChiodiAnn BesingerBarbara and Albert BialesSieglinde BierLaurence Bilek and Dorothy JeffriesJody BjerknesPerry and Gertrude BlackshearVictoria BleiseRichard A. BlombergMyrna BoykenMs. Mildred BreckerDr. Arnold M. and Judith G. BrierRobert BriggsRoger and Ronnie BrooksShannon Brown and Lance ColeMichelle BrownMildred BruhjellOscar and Julia BrumfielAmy J. BurkhalterRaymond and Diane BurrisKathy CahillDonald and Sally CaldwellBarbara CameronBill and Betsy CarlsonJulie Herrmann and Timothy CaseyDr. Tia ChangMary and John ClarkStephen ClarkBob and Harriet CollopyMary E. ConwayNancy CosgriffGeorgiana F. CoughlanMary Anne CummingsDwight and Rebecca CumminsCarol CutsforthJessica DaileyJanet and Edward DavenportLynn DavernBarbara DavisCarroll Davis-JohnsonA. DeckertDorothy Deetz and Tod DrescherDonald and Georgia DelichRita Mary Des ArmierPaul Desjardins and Amy SheldonDoris A. DicksonBrian DillDoris DingleyMargo and Richard DinneenEarl DolanRuth DonhoweMary DrewStephen DunkerLois Van DyckBeverly EcklundLucy EinessV. John and Nancy EllaRoger and Virginia EmersonMargaret EnsellRobert and Susan EricksonNorma Jean FalinkJean FalkJohn and Suzanne FarbsteinNoreen FarrellDonn L. FeigalJack and Karen FieldNorma FischerKay FitzgeraldSonja and W. D. FloryKatherine Frank and Richard KainAdam Frederick and Cynthia CarverEric FuscoJohn and Leslie GarnerNrayo GebruJ. Mark GilbertBarbara Gislason

Tom and Anne GitaaHarlan and LaVonne GjerdeGeorge and Virginia GleesonRev. William C. F. GoddardBarbara GokcenMarsha GoldGeorge GordonWillard GoveLogan GrayMr. and Mrs. D.A. GrayDr. Kathryn H. GreenPaul GrubeKacie GrubeMichael GuerreroGary and Kathleen HadleyFloreen HagenDeborah W. HairstonMary Anna HallJill and Francois HamzeHarold and Marillyn HansonPaul and Sally HarrisDavid O. HarrisLarry E. and Marion B. HarrisDr. James HartBeth HaugeBrigitte HeinKathryn HeinzeWilliam J. and Kay HempelMichael HenleyAdele Sargent HerseyJames and Anita HiddingElizabeth Hoene MartinJames and Margaret HofstedeRobert J. HoglundRoger HohnstadtJames HoldenJohn HolisakKathleen Hollander and Rodney JohnsonMarna and John HolmanJames and JoAnne HornSusan A. HowardMr. and Mrs. George HubbsRichard HubertyRodney J. and Ann C. HunterS. Aino M. HusenAllen and Barbara IsaacmanOrlena IversenJames and Betty Jo JacobsCarroll and Sara JensonArthur and Doreen JohnsonEsther G. and Dagne JohnsonRobert and Nancy JohnsonBadri and Floyd JohnsonKaren JohnsonJean O. JohnsonD. Jeanne and Carl R. JohnsonJames P. JohnsonHarold I. and Ann B. JohnsonHazel M. JohnsonLori V. JohnsonThomas E. JohnsonBetty JustinDaniel KalmonTeklit E. KassaMary J. KasseraVirginia KearneyDavid and Mildred KennedyJohn and Andrea KennyBeverly Rae KimesJohn KinkeadIngrid KizenDan and Mary Louise KlasThomas J. KlasDennis and Janet KnutsonMyron F. and Sandra L. KoistinenDavid and Kathleen KoltasMr. and Mrs. Michael KramerRaymond and Carol KrollGary and Barbara KruppCynthia and David KunzRebecca and Jonathan KunzDon and Shirley KuplicTraci LaLiberteSteven LandbergJohn and Kathleen LaramyLowell and Gwen LarsonShirley A. LarsonJoyce LarsonErika L. LasdaAllan E. LawJames A. LeadonArthur LeahyBarbara LeibundguthDr. Roy LewisWalther LiebenowAlma L. LimbachJo Ann Lind-HohmanHerbert and Amy LindgrenJohn and Susan LindleyMarvin and Marcia LindsethTheresa Lippert and Frederick GrittnerDon Patrick LittleVicki Lofquist and Craig ThiesenNancy LundMargaret Lunyolo-SemakulaArlene and Dan LuteneggerCharles MacDonaldBarbara A. Mackenzie

Francis and Dolliebelle MaddoxLouise N. MagesAnita MakarRalph E. MalmbergLouis and Deborah MandeRoberta L. MarkFrederick and Helen MarkwardtRichard and LaVonne MayerMary Jo MaynesJustin and Elizabeth McDevittWilliam J. McDonaldS. Catherine McIntireDaisy McKinleyPatricia and Glen MedberyJames and Marilyn MeierDoug and Mary Louise MenikheimMargaret MerkowKatherine W. MertenDr. and Mrs. Melvin MeyerDick and Karen MichaelBradley and Janice MilesBarbara and James MillerJanet MitchellNancy MoeMichael and Claudia MoffittJamie Monson and Steven DavisTodd MonsonElaine J. MooreEsther and Clarence MorkJohn A. MuhlenpohThomas R. MurphySharon MurrThomas F. MurrayRicha NagarDeb NagurskiGeraldine and John NarducciLinda NeilsDavid and Claudia NelsonPaul NelsonMilton and Margie NicholsMrs. Marie NiemanPatricia NiskaElliot L. OlsenDouglas and Jeanne OlsenAndrea and Todd OlsonMyrlah G. OlsonFidelis and Prisca OnwumereJohn OrtegaEdward and Emily ParryMarjorie PearsonEleanora PennekampLinda M. PetersenMr. and Mrs. Harley PetersonHarry D. PetersonDavid and Phyllis PlumDonald PolzinNeale and Paulette PoveyDr. Joseph PreusserLawrence H. QuistArthur and Virginia RabenhosrtClementine RardinDaniel and Shirley ReadyBrenda and Eric RichensTrudy RichterCathy RieffJeanne RileyJohn and Barbara RiskenGareth and Linda RobertsJanet Klas RobertsJoann RogahnJeffrey and Debby RogartJohn and Pauline RohrmanCharlene Kay RoiseMichelle RomanLynn and Richard RossiterDaniel SaltzmanPeter SarverSusan SchaeferThomas and Kathryn ScharfDonald and Mary E. SchillingLinda SchlesingerOrre SchleyThomas SchonebaumJohn and Barbara SchueRev. and Mrs. John H. SchumellRalph S. Schwartz and Dorothy L. GoldieJody SchwartzKathy SchwartzAnne and Daniel ScottJoe K. SelvaggioNathaniel ShadrackWendy E. SharpeEric Sheppard and Helga LeitnerEugene and Nancy SillimanWilliam P. SimpsonKaren and Warren SmallidgeJames and Suzanne SmithCathy SmithPeter and Joyce SolbergRebecca L. SomersBetty SonnenbergRobert SpangenbergSr. Cecil E. SteffenCarol SteinbergCassandra and Andy StillmanNancy Hood StoneMerle Strohbehn

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Shelley StrohmaierEdward and Caroline StrugalaCynthia T. StuckRichard SundbergBrenda SwannackMilo SybrantLeon and Muriel TabbBruce and Judith TennebaumGeorge and Karen TholePhyllis J. ThornleyWayne and JoAnn TobakJane ToftIris TopelKarin TreiberImogene and Herbert TreichelMarilyn and Ronald VandebergRichard and Lynn VoelbelMichele D. WagnerDonna WaldhauserMrs. Evelyn WalshJack and Janice WarrenCraig and Nancy WeflenEric and Carol WeitzKatharine WidinEileen and George WilkieHelena WilliamsWarren and Betty Jo WilsonKaren K. Wilson-FontaineGebre G. WoldegiorgisSharon R. WoodsJohn and Lavinia YcasDennis YonDarlene and Vinton ZabelScott and Janis ZimmermannRichard and Olive Zoller

ORGANIZATIONS Over $170,000Tew Foundation

$25,000 - $30,000Citigroup FoundationGhana Book TrustRotary Clubs of Grand Island Noon andSunriseSt. Paul Companies, Inc. Foundation

$15,000Patrick and Anna M. Cudahy Fund

$7500 - $10,000Margaret Rivers FundRotary Club of North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale AreaRotary Club of Savannah

$2500 - $4000Bayport FoundationKopp Family FoundationMinnesota Returned Peace CorpsVolunteersPax Christi Catholic CommunityPresbytery of St. AndrewPuntinSamuel Rubin FoundationRotary Club of HalifaxUBAH Education ServicesWEM Foundation

$1000 - $2,499Chemical Week AssociatesEastern University GhanaKelen Family FoundationOperation Bootstrap AfricaSt. Luke Presbyterian ChurchStanley British Primary SchoolWinnetka Rotary Charitable Foundation

$500 to $999Advanced Imaging MRI of Minnesota, LLCCalvary Lutheran Church of Golden ValleyFriends of MalawiHouse of Hope Presbyterian ChurchMinneapolis Orthopaedic and ArthritisInstitute, Ltd.The Ritz FoundationRotary Club of Albert LeaRotary Club of Brooklyn ParkRotary Club of FridleyRotary Club of GlencoeRotary Club of GrantsburgRotary Club of MinnetonkaRotary Club of Rochester IIRotary Club of S. St. Paul/Inver Grove HeightsRotary Club of Vadnais HeightsWilshire Park SchoolA.R. North America, Inc.Africana.comBass and Carlson, P.A.Bethel Baptist ChurchBosch Law FirmChurch of St. GerardCultural ChiropracticFirst Lutheran ChurchFriendly Hills Middle SchoolLerner FoundationLions Club of Scandia Marine Lions Club of StillwaterMinneapolis Branch AAUWNatural Selection

NE Kiwanis Club of MinneapolisPreferred AdventuresRON-VIK, Inc.Rotary Club of Blaine/Ham LakeRotary Club of HudsonRotary Club of Hudson DaybreakRotary Club of St. PeterRotary Club of StillwaterRotary Club of West St. Paul/MendotaHeightsRotary Club of WoodburySauk Centre Junior HighSPA/SSSt. Bridget of SwedenSt. Louis Park Sr. HighSt. Mark-St. John Lutheran SchoolSt. Philip’s Lutheran ChurchSt. William’s Catholic ChurchSpecialty MFG Co.University of MinnesotaUnisys Chiropractic Clinic

INDIVIDUAL IN-KIND AnonymousRonald A. AckermanRichard AdicksDiane AlshouseBarbara AndersonJoan AskevoldBob and Kathy AutenGwenn N. BahnsonLowell BaldwinDavid BelsethJerry BenjaminJoanne BrahStephen BrandjordDoug BrattSusan Braun-JohnsonRussell and Carolyn BremnerPeter Benson and Tuni Munson-BensonMichael and Carol BromerEssie BronsonSandra BrooksCharles R. BruningHarold BruningTerry BryersJohn and Betty BullionMartha BushnellRichard and Anna CadyAngela CallisterBarbara CameronTerry CaseyDan CashmanMarsha ChaffeeHeidi Chamberlin-GeorgeJudy and Paul ChildEd CookShawn and Sandy CooperJohn CorbettAlexia Cox-JenkinsGrant DaviesEric DavisBarbara DavisAnne and Steve DeCosterBarbara Jane DeneenJim and Ginny DeneenPaul Desjardins and Amy SheldonVeronica DickeyNancy and Bob DillonRobert DomlerMillie and Terence DoshBarry DunayerRobin and Thomas DuncanLois Van DyckLucy EinessSunny Jo EmersonJason EmiliusenGordon and Jan EsbeckMary EskolaKam EvensonEdward and Ben FaginSusan FitzgibbonsPamela FordKingsley FornessSteve FredericksonDaniel FreeseVickie and Gene FroehlichLynn GarrettHarriet Garth and Jay CowanJ. GeigerCarl GeorgeMary GoedkenAndy GoeresKitty GoginsRon GoldbeckDon GoodellDean Ken GormanLennie GravenAndre GuirardDianne HabermanDr. Natalie D. HahnJean HalversonJill and Francois HamzeCopper HardingJim and Karen HarrisBob HarrisRobert HartPeter Heegaard

Phil HellandTed HenryLisa and Greg HerberJeannette HillJames HoffmanKathleen Hollander and Rodney JohnsonMarian HopkinsProf. John HurdJim HynesAbdi IbrahimArnold InselLauri IsaacsonLois JamesPaul and Ruth JeffriesEsther G. and Dagne JohnsonHarriet JohnsonMichael and Nancy JohnsonLee KaphingstGary KaufmanCaecilie KelmMarla and William KennedyDonna KernikCarol KerrTom KerstenKate KimpanLouise E. KingJerry KlatteJan KleinmanKathy KloehnStuart KnappmillerJean K. KnutsonPatricia KoentoppKathy KortzRobert J. KowalczykHoward KursJeff LacherNancy LancasterDaniel LarmouthDave and Cher LarsonAllan M. Lefer PhDJerry and Pam LeimerJohn LeonardMr. and Mrs. Richard LinckTheresa Lippert and Frederick GrittnerAnne LippinLeanne LokkenMichael J. LondonAnn Lowry and John OvertonLai La LundeRichard J. LymanAl MacekPaula MackeyDeane ManolisCecilia ManriqueJoanne MartinRobert MatthewsWilliam J. McDonaldLinda McMahonBucky MockCheryl MooreCarla MuellerJan NavarroSallie NeallLinda NeilsSteve and Anna NoranDiane NorthrupDr. and Mrs. Valentine O’MalleyMark T. OdegardAndy OfferdahlDave and Janet OlfeDorri OlsonAlan OminskyShawn and Becky OttoMary Jean OverendTom and Barbara ParryStuart PembertonBrian PetermanGinger PetersonMary Pherson and Scott ForesmanOnique L. PhillipsJon PoppoloAnil PouloseDuane and Anita PrairieJon RagnerMike RaubDhaval RavalDr. Robert RetherfordSandra Rode RNPatricia RosenBetsy RosenbergStephen M. RothMargo RoweJane RoznovskyDavid RunkleJohn RuppMatilda and Robert RuppMr. and Mrs. Gordon RydeenMonique SalvettiBetty SalzwedelCarolyn Sanford and Chuck CarlinKyle SchifflerKristin and Dorothy ScottCarol SeidenbergPenne SewallAdele ShermanMary ShidlaDr. Norman SilberbergWilliam M. Simon

Ato SimonsMark SimonsonPat SorensenRoberta SorensonCarleen and Steven SparksDawn SpielmanDr. and Mrs. Paul StannardMike StephensonRichard S. StockwellDavid StueberHelen SullivanRudy and Carol SundbergSteve SuppanEmmanuel TakgbajouahTheresa TaylorAl ThiemichJane ToftMr. William TottenRobert Trapp and Judith BowkerTom VarbergRic VatsaasMarie WaldhauserChristine WatkinsMarty WellsRev. Fritz WestLola E. WheelerJulie WheelerBonnie WheelerSarah WolpowWayne WolseyDr. Bernadette WoodLilyan WrightHana Yaari

ORGANIZATIONAL IN-KINDAcademy of Holy AngelsAfrican Communications AgencyAGS PublishersAnnandale Public SchoolsAnoka Ramsey Community CollegeBaldwin Wallace CollegeBecker Elementary SchoolBethel Baptist ChurchBlake Middle SchoolBlake Upper SchoolBloomington SchoolsBlue Train PublishingThe Bookmen, Inc.Burnsville SchoolsBuxton SchoolCarleton CollegeCarleton College, ACT OfficeCentral Lutheran SchoolCentury CollegeChrist Presbyterian ChurchCitigroup FoundationCity of ChamplinCoffee House PressConcordia College BookstoreCoon Rapids SchoolsCretin-Derham Hall SchoolCrow Wing County SchoolsDeadwood Jam After School ProgramDelano LibraryEast Elementary SchoolEdina High SchoolESRIFalcon Heights United Church of ChristField Middle SchoolFileMaker, Inc.Fillmore Central ElementaryFillmore Central HighschoolFollett Educational ServicesFranklin Pierce College LibraryFriendly Hills Middle SchoolFriends of Ramsey County LibraryFriends of the Plymouth LibraryFriends of the Suburban Ramsey County LibraryFriends of the Winona LibraryFuture Leaders of AmericaGatewood Elementary SchoolGillette Children’s FoundationGraywolf PressGustavus Adolphus CollegeGustavus Adolphus College BookstoreHamline Law School SBA BookstoreHartford High SchoolHastings Sr. High SchoolHawaii Prep. AcademyHealth Sciences LibraryHennepin Technical CollegeHidden Valley SchoolHighBridgeHighland Catholic SchoolHighwood Hills ElementaryHoly Childhood SchoolHoly Name of Jesus ChurchHopkins Schoolsidonated.comIHM/St. Luke’s SchoolInnovative EducationInstitute for International EconomicsISEMKing of Kings Lutheran SchoolLake Country MontessoriLakeville School DistrictLennox Senior Center

Madison Elementary SchoolMahtomedi SchoolsMeadowbrook Elementary SchoolMenominee County LibraryMenomonie SchoolsMessiah LutheranMetro State UniversityMetro State University Book StoreMilwaukee School of EngineeringMinneapolis Public SchoolsMinnehaha AcademyMinneTESOLMinnesota Textbook Brokers Inc.Mounds Park AcademyMoundsview SchoolsMinneapolis Community & TechnicalCollegeMt. Carroll Junior/Senior High SchoolNorth Hennepin Comm. CollegeNorth St. Paul/Maplewood SchoolsNortheast Kiwanis Club of MinneapolisNew Hope SchoolNew Spirit SchoolNew Ulm Public SchoolsNew VistasNicollet Tennis CenterNorth PresbyterianOlathe Medical Center Inc.Olsen, Thielen & Co.Pilgrim Baptist ChurchPinecrest Elementary SchoolPrior Lake SchoolsRamsey County STS ProgramRasmussen CollegeRasmussen College LibraryRed Wing SchoolsRisen Christ Catholic SchoolRosemount SchoolsRoseville Area SchoolsRotary Club of Blaine/Ham LakeRotary Club of BuffaloRotary Club of Hudson DaybreakRotary Club of Michigan CityRotary Club of New Brighton/Mounds ViewRotary Club of North Shore Rotary Club of StillwaterRotary Club of WoodburyRuminator BooksSalem Evangelical Free ChurchSanford Middle SchoolSauk Centre Junior HighSchool Sisters of Notre DameScott County LibraryShakopee Area Catholic SchoolsSioux Falls School DistrictSiren Public SchoolsSouth St. Paul SchoolsSouth Washington County SchoolsSouthview Middle SchoolSpring Lake Park SchoolSt. Anne’s SchoolSt. Cloud State University BookstoreSt. Francis SchoolSt. Louis Park SchoolsSt. Mary’s SchoolSt. Olaf BookstoreSt. Paul Academy and Summit SchoolSt. Paul Neigborhood Energy ConsortiumSt. Paul SchoolsSt. Philips Lutheran ChurchSt. Pius X/Holy Family SchoolStillwater Public LibraryTapemarkTheatre in the Round PlayersTimothy Christian SchoolTriton SchoolsUnisourceUniversity of MinnesotaUniversity of Minnesota-Department of PhysicsUniversity of Minnesota-Philosophy DeptUniversity of Minnesota-St. PaulBookstoreUniversity of St. Thomas-African Students Assoc.University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsUniversity of Wisconsin - StoutUniversity of St. ThomasVA Medical Center LibraryValley BooksellerW.H. Freeman and Co. PublishersWabasha-Kellogg Public SchoolWebster SchoolsWestwood Elementary SchoolWilliam Mitchell College of LawWilliam Mitchell College of Law BookstoreWillow River SchoolWilshire Park SchoolWinona County Recycling CenterWinona Public LibraryWinona SchoolsWoodbury SchoolsWyeth-Ayerst Research LibraryZimmerman Elementary School

Thank You!

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2001 2000ASSETS

Current Assets $222,559 189,261

Net Property and Equipment 14,367 3,662TOTAL ASSETS $236,926 192,923

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETSCurrent Liabilities 27,535 29,581

NET ASSETSUnrestricted 121,720 108,342Temporarily Restricted 87,671 55,000TOTAL NET ASSETS 209,391 163,342

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $236,926 $192,923

2001 2000SUPPORT AND REVENUES

Tew Foundation Contribution $171,474 $131,200

Other Contributions 235,127 258,570Interest Earned 4,558 3,629Grant–Other 149,245 64,080Warehouse Space Contributed 67,420 41,430Books Contributed 8,031,331 6,289,725

TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUES 8,659,155 6,788,634

EXPENDITURESProgram Operating Expenses - Overseas 8,477,066 6,664,430.General and Administrative Expenses 94,975 78,928Fundraising Expenses 41,065 15,278TOTAL EXPENDITURES 8,613,106 6,758,636

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $46,049 $29,998

Year ended June 30, 2001

* Copies of the full audit and the IRS 990 are available upon request.** The Charities Review Council, an independent organization that researches and reviews national and local non-profit

organizations that solicit funds in Minnesota, has found that in fiscal year 200l Books For Africa met accountability standards in all four areas: Public Disclosure, Governance, Financial Activity, and Fundraising.

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For every $25 you contribute,Books For Africa can send $2,000worth of high-quality new andused books to Africa to be read byover 2,500 children. Here are themany ways you can help:

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIESBooks For Africa relies onvolunteers to help sort and packbooks, plan special events, producepublications, raise funds, and speakto groups. If you would like to put your special skill or talent towork for the children of Africa,please call us at 651-602-9844 oremail [email protected].

CASH GIFTSYour cash, check, or credit cardgift to Books For Africa can bedesignated for a specific programor directed to where the need isgreatest.All gifts are deductible, asspecified by law. For yourconvenience, gifts by credit cardcan be made directly online atwww.booksforafrica.org.

WILLS AND OTHER PLANNED GIFTSBooks For Africa can be named abeneficiary in your will andreceive other deferred gifts such aslife insurance.These gifts are not subject to estate taxes.

MATCHING GIFTSCheck with your employer aboutmatching gifts.Many corporationsand other organizations matchemployee donations dollar fordollar to the charity of the employee’s choice. Someemployers match gifts of retiredemployees and employee spouses.Others also make financialcontributions to match employees’volunteer hours to the charity oftheir choice.

GIFTS OF APPRECIATED STOCKBooks For Africa and you canbenefit from gifts of stock(provided you have held the stockfor 18 months or longer).You caneliminate capital gains taxes, avoidincome tax on the gifted stock,and receive tax deductions for thefull value of the stock.

SPEAKERS BUREAUIf your employer, club or groupwould like to learn more aboutBooks For Africa’s mission andwork, we are happy to present ourprogram in person.

For additional information, please call651-602-9844 or visit our website atwww.booksforafrica.org.

HOW TO HELP BOOKS FOR AFRICA MAJOR DONORS PROVIDE

LONG-TERM SUPPORT

The generous and steady

support of major donors has

helped BFA achieve its

mission year after year.

“Donors who contribute

something each and every

year make a huge difference

in our ability to put books in

the hands of African

children,” says Board Chair

Lane Ayres. “These are

friends we can count on.”

Among the leading donors are

the following people who each

have contributed a cumulative

total of $3,000 or more over

the years: Lane Ayres and

Marion McNurlen, James

Challancin, Marla and Bill

Kennedy, Louise and Bill Klas,

Barbara Leibundguth; Whitney

and Betty MacMillan, Don and

Judy Maurer, Dr. and Mrs.

Edward E. Ordman, Marilyn

Robertson, Jeffrey and Lea

Scherer, Tom Warth, and an

anonymous donor. Our special

thanks to each of them for

their generosity.

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BOOKS FOR AFRICA253 East 4th StreetSt. Paul, MN 55101 U.S.A.P: 651.602.9844 F:651.602.9848email: [email protected]

BOARD

Lane Ayres, President

John Ziegenhagen, Vice President

James Schafer, Treasurer

Robert Kowalczyk, Secretary

Thomas WarthEx Officio

Daniel Abebe

Ronald Aminzade

Marla Kennedy

Annie Klas

Carolyn Sanford

Alan Sickbert

John Wathum-Ocama

Kathleen Wolf

ADVISORY BOARD

Pamela Alexander

Kojo Amoo-Gottfried

Ward Brehm

Charles Brown

Charles Burmeister

Emmanuel Folarin Ero-Phillips

Jack Fortin

Nick Hayes

James Lenfestey

Whitney MacMillan

Jack Mason

Sowa Mensa

Stephen Mkapa

Doris Pagelkopf

David Schafer

Joe K. Selvaggio

Cathy Smith

ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION,

FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGE

OF WEST AFRICA, I WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE

WITH THANKS AND DEEP GRATITUDE YOUR

GENEROUS DONATION TO OUR INSTITUTION.

IT HAS GONE A VERY LONG WAY IN HELPING TO

EASE THE PERENNIAL PROBLEM OF SHORTAGE

OR LACK OF BASIC TEXTBOOKS.

George Monu,College of West Africa, Liberia

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