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Bookfriends International, NFP
ECUMENICALLY SPEAKING
Newsletter for Church Women United of the Barrington Area - Fall 2008
The mission of Bookfriends International, NFP is to gather textbooks, library reference and reading materials from schools, libraries and individuals in the U.S. and provide them to secondary schools in developing countries at no charge to them.
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A novel approach,
Lake County Journals - 3/20/2008
WAUCONDA – it would take a lifetime for Steve and Paulie Kutschat to read everything in this room.
The Lake Zurich married couple are standing in the middle of a warehouse in Wauconda, surrounded by the likes of Henry Thoreau, Ananse the Spider, The Baby-sitter’s Club and Shamu. Books seem to be pouring out of the walls of the warehouse. A pile of novels weigh down a box. A herd of textbooks line the walls. And shelving units are filled to the point that some books literally are being squeezed out.
The Kutschats are most proud of the books you can’t see, though,... more... |
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Fox Helps Bookfriends Int.
THRIVE in 95,Community Unit School District 95 - March 1, 2007
As part of their study and performance of African music, Isaac Fox fifth graders raised money for Bookfriends International more... |
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Sedgebrook is a true friend to Bookfriends
Daily Herald - 2/14/2007
Recently, 18,000 schoolbooks bound for schools in Tanzania were shipped off from the warehouse of Bookfriends International, a not-for-profit based in Wauconda.
“It was a real emotional day for us,” said Steve Kutschat, Bookfriends International cofounder.
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Used books open new world for schoolkids in Africa
Chicago Tribune - 7/14/2006
Steve and Paulie Kutschat were shocked when they visited the library of a new schools in Tanzania more than two years ago. The East African school had hundreds of students but only about a dozen library books. The text book situation was no better...
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Couple fills library shelves in schools in Tanzania
A Pioneer Press Publication - 7/13/2006
Before Paulie and Steve Kutschat visited Tanzania in February 2004, they never could have guessed how much the trip would change their lives.
Since April 2004, the Lake Zurich couple has been hard at work collecting textbooks and resource books to send to underfunded secondary schools in Tanzania. more... |
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Making good on a promise
Daily Herald - 7/5/2006
Lake Zurich husband and wife start nonprofit to send books to schools in Africa
A promise to send books to a tiny school in Africa has turned into a 15,000-pound labor of love for a Lake Zurich couple.
During a trip to Tanzania in early 2004, Steve and Paulie Kutschat toured Longido Secondary School on the border of Kenya and noticed only a handful of books in the school’s library. more... |
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Building hope through books: Kutschats found
Bookfriends International
LUTHER Alumni Magazine - Spring 2006
Paulette (Lutz) ’67 and Steve Kutschat vividly remember the day they saw firsthand just how dire the need for educational resources in many parts of Africa really is.
Paulie had just wrapped up a week volunteering at a girls school in Monduli, Tanzania – and Steve had recently returned from summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro, also in Tanzania – when they were invited to tour a new secondary school near the Maasai village in which they were staying. more... |
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