With the new school year comes another great year for FLIF! We
are hoping for another successful year with many familiar and new faces. Thanks
to everyone who was able to make it out to our first meeting.
Here is a summary of some of the projects and events that we
are looking forward to working on this year:
Edmonton Women's Prison Project – We are in a partnership
with GELA for this project. FLIF is mainly involved in the
Storybook Project (though volunteer opportunities exist for writing groups and
book clubs). Inmates are recorded while reading a book as a part of this
project. These recordings are sent, along with a copy of the book read, to the
reader’s child, grandchild, niece, or nephew.
Community Bookshelf – We drop off donated books to a variety
of shelters and organizations in Edmonton. Deliveries typically take place once
a month on a weekday afternoon.
Homeless Connect - The Homeless Connect event is hosted twice a year at the Shaw Conference Centre. Various
services are provided on this day for homeless and low income individuals. FLIF
provides one such service by setting up a “library” to give away free books. The
next Homeless Connect will be on October 21st. If you are interested
in volunteering for this event, a sign-up sheet will be posted in the lounge.
If you have any questions or comments, or if you want to get
involved, please email us at flifblog @ gmail.com.
Email is also a great way of letting us know of any articles or announcements
that you would like to see posted on this blog!
2 comments:
RE:Flif Homeless Connect event
Where/when can books by authors on the 'needed books list' be dropped off this for year - Henderson Hall?/anytime prior to the 21st Oct?
Thank you for your questions and sorry for the late reply. We do not have a 'needed books list' for the Homeless Connect event taking place this October. However, we will most likely have a list for the next Homeless Connect event. When we create a list of needed books, we will post it here on the blog, so keep an eye out for it!
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