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Project Hope

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Previous One County, One Book programs have included a service project to benefit others. This year we have selected the Peter M. Goodrich Memorial Foundation in Bennington, Vermont as the group we will partner with for our project.  The Foundation was established by Sally and Don Goodrich, in memory of their son Peter who died on September 11, 2001.  Peter’s parents believe that educating young Afghan children is paramount to eradicating root causes of violence and terrorism. 
The following donated items will benefit a school, orphanage and health clinic in the Wardak region of Afghanistan. To protect the recipients of the school supply items or clothing, we ask that you do not include items with American or Western language or graphics.  Please follow the guidelines provided by the Foundation:
  • Individual school supply kits which would include a plain bound or spiral notebook, pencils, hand held and pencil top erasers, and a hand held pencil sharpener, enclosed in a sealable bag.
  • Individual hygiene kits which would include travel size soap, shampoo, cream rinse, lotion, and toothpaste/toothbrushes, enclosed in a sealable bag.
  • Knit, crocheted, or purchased hats, mittens, scarves, socks or afghans for children and adults.  Brightly colored yarns are best so items may be used for females or males.
  • Gently used winter clothing for children and adults, such as coats, snow pants, sweaters, sweatshirts (fleece is good).
  • Cows and sheep are needed to sustain the orphanage and the health clinic.  Donations towards the purchase of a cow ($600) or a sheep ($125) may be made online at the Peter M. Goodrich Memorial Foundation website, or they may be mailed to:
              David W. LaForest, Vice-President
              Chittenden Bank
              P.O. Box 820
              Burlington,VT 05402
    Please include a DONATION FORM  (available at all SCPL libraries) with your check. The foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt public charity with Tax Identification Number: 02-6147550.
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Project Hope Shipping Directions

  • Boxes should be plain, strong, and small to medium in size.  Large boxes might be difficult to handle and could break in transit. DO NOT reuse boxes that you have received yourself in the mail.
  • Please enclose a donation form inside your box, and return the other half of the form to any branch library.  Forms are available at all libraries or click here to download.
  • All corner seams should be taped with strapping tape and the top sealed securely.

    You will be asked to fill out a customs form when you arrive at the post office.
    When you fill out the "CUSTOMS" form, look on the lower right hand corner in the
    “Re-direct Box”…and rewrite Kathleen Rafiq, and
    0799-77-4671-Kabul, cell phone contact

  • All boxes and donations should be sent to the following APO address by whatever mailing service you normally use to send packages:
    To:  WIDS (POC cell#0799-77-4671)
      c/o: Kathleen Rafiq
       APO AE
      09356
Questions about our community service project can be directed to
Mary Ann Warner, SCPL Librarian at 388-4573 or
Jan Tunison, SGHS Library Media Specialist at 386-4265.
Sally and Don Goodrich, of Bennington, VT, whose son Peter died aboard the second airplane to hit the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, founded the The Peter M. Goodrich Memorial Foundation. Through the foundation Sally and Don started the Afghanistan School Alliance. They raised more than $230,000 to construct a girls’ school in the province of Logar, about 30 miles south of the capital Kabul.  Construction of the new school began in April 2005 and was completed in January 2006 when the school was conveyed to the government. The school serves some 500 girls from seven villages in Logar province. The Foundation’s most recent projects at the school involve piping clean water into a kitchen and building a septic system.  Past undertakings include supplementing teachers’ salaries, purchasing stoves, wood and coal to heat the school through winter, augmenting school supplies and repairing the building.   In addition the Foundation contributes to the support of 52 orphans, two schools and a health clinic in the province of Wardak.  It is in the process of acquiring arable land in a different province to grow crops for sale to support the orphans and schools.  This land will also serve as an alternative site to house the orphans if security deteriorates.  A second Wardak project involves purchasing sheep and cows for food and income.  Planning for a library in Bamyan province is underway with Asadullah and WADAN, the Foundation’s Non-Governmental Organization in Afghanistan. Finally, eight Afghan students are being supported by the Foundation in various ways as they undertake long-term study in the U.S.
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