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ORIGINALLY A ROTARY CLUB EXCLUSIVELY. THE PAROLE ORDER IN ANNAPOLIS GOT A REQUEST FROM OUR FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS AND I'M A PRINCIPAL FROM A NEW...
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| 00:05:16 |
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WEEKS. I'M STANDING
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IN FRONT OF THE LOCAL INTERSECTION PROBABLY ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR SECTIONS. THIS IS ALMOST CLEANED UP AFTER EACH SALE. WE HAVE 30 CATEGORIES STARTING...
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WORLD WILL EVER GET
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| 00:05:49 |
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ANY BETTER IS THROUGH LITERATURE AND READING AND EDUCATION. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A LOVER OF BOOKS. THIS IS MY OUTLET. WHAT MAKES ME TICK. I'M AN AUTHOR...
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| 00:06:25 |
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BOOKS. WE ARE ALSO IN THE MIDST OF PUTTING TOGETHER A SHIPMENT FOR LATER ON IN THE YEAR. >> AND HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US SHIPPING BOOKS TO UGANDA...
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| 00:06:43 |
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THE SHIPMENT AND WALK IT THROUGH CUSTOMS AND SHE CAN TELL YOU THE GLORY STORIES WORKING WITH CUSTOM OFFICIALS IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES AND WE'LL DO...
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| 00:07:04 |
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PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION. WE OPERATE THE U.S./AFRICA SCHOOL PARTNERS WHERE WE PARTNER SCHOOLS IN RURAL UGANDA WITH SCHOOLS IN MARYLAND AND WE HAVE...
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| 00:10:10 |
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OF THANK YOU NOTES THAT WE -- YOU KNOW, WE GET. AND YOU DON'T REALIZE WE ARE SO BOOK-RICH IN THE UNITED STATES. AND A LOT OF PLACES I'D BEEN -- I...
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TOWELS. >> AND SHE'S A YAUCHT BROKER AND SHE WANTS THEM TO TAKE BOOKS DOWN TO THE ISLAND CARIBBEAN DOWN
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THERE. >> AND FOR MANY YEARS THE DISPARITY OF WEALTH BETWEEN THE BOATS AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE
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| 00:11:59 |
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IS SORT OF -- THE DICHOTOMY IT'S SO LARGE IT'S HOT MASS MEETS COLD MASS AND I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING. I'VE BEEN SMUGGLING BOOKS. WHICH...
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| 00:20:32 |
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SORTING. WE SORT BY LEVELS SO WE GET THE RIGHT STUFF AND THE RIGHT FOLKS HOPEFULLY. I'M OVERWHELMED RIGHT NOW WITH THE END OF COLLEGE. THEY COME FROM...
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| 00:21:41 |
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SCHOOL. HIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CANDLE
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| 00:21:43 |
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WOOD. AND IT WAS WHEN I WAS VOLUNTEERING THAT I CAME ACROSS A BOY DOING A SPELLING TEST WHO WAS FAILING ALL HIS WORDS AND I KNEW HE COULD SPELL. AND...
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| 00:24:13 |
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AFRICA AND I WAS IN A DOCTOR'S OFFICE THERE AND I LOOKED ON HIS SHELF AND THERE WAS A PHYSICIANS' DESK REFERENCE FROM 1968 AND WE WERE THROWING AWAY YEAR...
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| 00:24:50 |
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WAS THE MOST COMPELLING PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY DROP OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO HUNGRY. IT'S TOO HOT. THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES. SO ON MY WAY...
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| 00:26:27 |
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THE PHILIPPINES WHERE ENGLISH WAS THE NATURAL LANGUAGE AND WE WOULD SEND THE FULL RANGE OF TEXTBOOKS AND READING BOOKS FOR LIBRARIES. WHAT WE FOUND...
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| 00:28:29 |
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THEIR BASEMENTS, YOU KNOW, YOU GIVE YOUR GRANDCHILD ALL THESE BOOKS AND THEY DON'T TOUCH THEM. SO KEEP THE FIVE FOR THEM WONDERFUL TO HA, HA TO READ...
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| 00:28:50 |
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MAGIC. >> I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK OF A RURAL AFRICAN CHILD EDUCATION. THEY'RE BLESSED WHERE THEY DO HAVE FREE EDUCATION
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| 00:29:02 |
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AT THE PRIMARY LEVEL IN UGANDA AND UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION ONLY STARTED IN 1997. SO THESE CHILDREN -- ANYBODY WHO WAS BORN IN 1997 HAS THE OPPORTUNITY...
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YEAR. WE SHIP PROBABLY 350,000 OF THOSE. ANOTHER 50,000 END UP EITHER ON OUR SALE RACK TO RAISE MONEY TO SEND TO SHIPMENTS OR A SMALL NUMBER THAT WE...
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| 00:39:49 |
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OUR MERCIFUL FRIENDS IN KENYA, WHICH IS A
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COMMUNITY CENTER THAT
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HAS A VARIETY OF SCHOOLS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. MERCIFUL FRIENDS ASSOCIATION I GUESS IT'S CALLED BUT IN KENYA. >> HOW DID YOU FIND THEM? >> THEY FOUND...
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| 00:40:09 |
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GET ABOUT THREE OR FOUR REQUESTS
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| 00:40:10 |
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A WEEK. AND THEN I SEND OUT AN APPLICATION. AND MAYBE ONE OF THOSE WILL COME THROUGH EVENTUALLY, THE APPLICATION. WE HAVE A VERY SIMPLE APPLICATION....
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SHIP TO
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| 00:40:55 |
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MOMBASSA AND IT WILL GO BY TRUCK TO NAIROBI ON WHAT THEY CALL A ROAD. BUT I'VE BEEN ON IT. AND WE DROVE THE WHOLE TIME IN LIKE A ROAD RANGER KIND...
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| 00:42:12 |
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DEPENDS ON WHICH SHIPMENT GETS
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| 00:42:15 |
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ON. BUT IT TAKES ABOUT SIX WEEKS. >> THE BOOKS FOR INTERNATIONAL GOODWILL WAREHOUSE RECENTLY MOVED TO ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND. TO LEARN
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| 00:42:33 |
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MORE ABOUT BOOKS FOR INTERNATIONAL GOODWILL, VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT BIG-BOOKS.ORG. THERE'S A FACEBOOK PAGE AND THEIR WEB ADDRESS IS MCOXFOUNDATION.ORG....
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