"Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time." John Ruskin
"Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time." John Ruskin
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We've gathered over 24,000 books and donated them to 70 hospital all across Poland!
WE GOT THIS!
WE GOT THIS!
During the finals of the competition ZWOLNIENI Z TEORII our project received two awards:
SREBRNEGO WILKA - for the best project in the voivodeship
and
ZŁOTEGO WILKA - for the best project in Poland in the category KULTURA
We are still donating books to hospitals and hospices.
If you want to receive books from us - write to us!
THE MAYOR OF WARSAW IS THE HONORARY PATRON OF OUR PROJECT
THE FACULTY OF PEDAGOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF THE JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY OF KIELCE IS OUR INSTITUTIONAL PATRON
MAMA PEDIATRA I BABKA OD HISTY ARE MEDIA PATRONS OF OUR PROJECT
Delivery of the first books
Delivery of the first books
Visiting President Trzaskowski
Visiting President Trzaskowski
6 minutes spent reading a book can reduce stress level by 68%!
research result of the University of Sussex
Do you have books that you would like to give a second life?
Each of us or someone from our family will find ourselves in hospital at some point. A hospital stay is always accompanied by stress. Is it possible that books can help combat the feeling of anxiety in patients? We believe so. We conducted surveys among patients and hospital staff and we have confirmation that there is huge interest and support for our idea.
In the first days of the project, we were contacted by a dozen or so people, schools and companies from all over Poland, and we know that the books are there and waiting for us. We have to transport them to us and then deliver them to hospitals. And this is just the beginning of our project. Every day, there are more and more people who want to give their books a second life and hospitals that want to accept such books. Let us connect them.
We are a well-coordinated and experienced project team.* Currently, as part of the Zwolnieni z Teory Olympics, we are organizing a nationwide collection of books that we will deliver to hospitals throughout the country.
We are looking for books in perfect or very good condition, for both adults and children, in Polish, English, Spanish, French, German and Ukrainian.
*Selected examples of our projects: Conversations, or student for student - for over a year we have been conducting online conversations in English, Spanish and French for students from primary and secondary schools from all over Poland (including children from SOS Children's Villages); Let's talk, or student for students - Polish language learning for students from Ukraine; Virtual Donor Day - we organized an action with DKMS. We managed to register 21 potential donors.
We are looking for partners/patrons who can help us implement our project.
You can help us in several ways:
Individuals: transfer of books/magazines. We collect new books and those in very good condition, on any subject for any age group (children, youth and adults), in the following languages: Polish/English/German/French/Spanish/Ukrainian. You collect and pack the books, and the organization and shipping costs are on our side.
Schools/libraries/companies/foundations: will become our partner. The partner can organize a collection of books/magazines (we will organize the shipment and pay for it; we will provide a promotional materials package: A4 poster, information email template, rules for organizing the collection, i.e. what to pay attention to) or help in implementing the project by sharing substantive knowledge, i.e. organizing online training/workshops for our team.
Giving us prestigious support, i.e. becoming our institutional patron, or helping to promote our project, i.e. becoming our media patron.
Everyone: write about our project! Every mention on the website, post on FB or IG, LinkedIn, blogs, video blogs and article in the newspaper (including the school newspaper), mention on the radio/television (including the school newspaper) will provide us with new reach, i.e. opportunities for new partners and new books for hospitals.
Everyone: financial assistance. We collect money to send books from donors and to buy new books for children's oncology and hematology wards (minimizing the risk of infection). Our fundraiser:
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