Butler Public Library and the Book Wish Foundation

New Jersey libraries through the State Library are participating in a statewide campaign through April 15 to collect money for the Book Wish Foundation. The Foundation is working with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to build libraries in Darfuri refugee camps in Eastern Chad where an estimated 285,000 Sudanese refugees live without access to libraries.

Book Wish Foundation (www.bookwish.org) is a 501 (c) (3) public charity providing high-impact reading aid for people in crisis; currently focused on refugees in Darfur. Created in 2007 by a mother-son team, Book Wish has provided books, reading glasses, and solar-rechargeable lighting to the Sudanese refugees.

Help us help the Sudanese refugees by donating your spare change.  Thank you!