COUNTING DONATED BOOKS

OUR SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN CAME TO ITS FINAL COUNTDOWN
By Gandhi Team

After an intense week on Friday the 10th and on Monday the 13th of April, we went to all the classrooms in our High School to take the "solidarity boxes" and see how many books  we had managed to get!

We were excited because we got a lot of books, nice looking books, and we knew our campaign had been a success story, but we wanted to know how many we had managed to collect!

Our class brought many books! We took a picture to remember this campaign.

Afterwards, it was time  to start going to all the classes and picking up the "solidarity boxes".

We had some good anecdotes while collecting the books. 

The 3º ESO A classroom had 133 books! We needed a lot of volunteers to take the books down. We heard two of the students talking, one of them said: 

"Goodbye to my childhood books!" 

We felt sorry because they would miss their books, but were very thankful for their generosity, thanks Andrea and Elena! We know you love reading and books, but they will be enjoyed by other mates!

While we were putting them in boxes and preparing them to be picked up by the charities, each of us discovered great books we had enjoyed in our childhood. We couldn't resist opening its pages and feeling some nostalgia for our childhood times. 

Other books reminded us when we started at the High School and we read that really exciting book. We are sure, some kids will have the same experience!

Some students forgot to bring their books, and said they would bring them the next day. So, the number of books collected will increase after this blog is sent.

Other people outside the school have also known about our campaign and have donated hundreds of books. We would like to mention Ana María Hernández and her daughters Estela and Carlota. We have received  such lovely books from them! "Pepe the Chicken", a cute one.

We feel proud of what has been done. As Swami Sivananda used to say:

"Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success"

This is what we have done!

Monday 13th April has also been a special day in our High School. We have been  celebrating a "Solidarity Day" 

There have been  different lectures and workshops about solidarity, human rights and gender equality. We feel this week more than ever we are "learning important things", not only contents which will be asked in our next test.

Well, at the end of the day,  we counted all the books, our High School has donated 600 books for children in need. 

And there are more books that students haven't been able to bring today. We will go on till we reach 1,000 books!

Thanks to all The IES Canarias Cabrera Pinto High School Community of students parents and teachers, and the rest of people who have helped us with this solidarity campaign.

Here you can see some of the pictures we took while counting the books and preparing them to be delivered to different charities!