2014 Campaign Overview

2014 Campaign Photo Diary

The VnBookDrive Annual Book Day

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Dear all,

By now 1500 books are about to depart from the U.S. shore and on their way to embark on a long  sea journey to reach Ho Chi Minh University of Science, Vietnam. Thanks to the diligent work and dedication of those who've come and many more who've been persistently contribute to our campaign through the donating of books and finances, VnBookDrive’s mission this year has been brought much closer to one glorious end. Here’s a photo diary  to commemorate our last big event: The VnBookDay 8th Annual Book Day. We hope you’ll enjoy it!

On August 3rd, 2014, as early as 9:00 AM in the morning, volunteers gathered in the cozy room of Stella Chance Labs Building on University of Pennsylvania campus and helped us begin.

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In this image, our core team members were explaining the procedure and work flow to the participants. Our work began immediately after this.

With enthusiasm, books were first sorted…

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…and then their data were input to our system.

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You’d need to be there to see the amazing team work between the volunteers at this archiving table, as well as at any other groups.

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The room were then flooded with our beautiful blue shirts, music and laughter.

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Books were then quickly transferred to the hallway where they were stamped and carefully packaged.

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The hours went by quickly, before anyone realized, it was already lunch time…

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…and fun time.

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Here, a lucky friend (right) was being congratulated by our core team member (left) for winning our lottery 1st Prize.

At the end of the day, the packaged books were transferred to a docking place in the university and ready to be shipped out in the next few days.

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It was an incredibly long and busy day, but a meaningful one. Thank you all for the wondrous help you've put in and most importantly, for such an amazing time we've had together.

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Blessings,

VnBookDrive Core Team

P.S:  Don’t forget to check out the latest update about the VnBookDrive Annual Book Day as featured on vietnamnet.vn (if you haven't already).