Books for children of Samoa

For 11 years, Leslie & Marc Barkdull of Pleasanton, Ca have been helping the children of Samoa overcome Rheumatic Heart disease which is prevalent in the country.

Associated with the BYU effort to eradicate this problem they collect children’s books to encourage children to get tested. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPVjiGlJ5Jc)

This year, 10,000 books have been gathered, but they are still 5,000 short of their goal. Most of these children have no books and are excited to go home with 3 books of their own and hundreds of lives have been saved.

An AMAZON WISH LIST (https://a.co/0ga0nZk9 or www.bit.ly/books4samoa) has been created to help them provide books for the children of Samoa. This is the easiest and fastest way to help.

If you have used children’s picture books (K to grade 5) that you can donate:

• Donation Deadline: March 7
• Drop-Off Location: M5 Services, 7020 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 116, Pleasanton, CA 94588 Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Questions: contact leslieb62@comcast.net