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Books For Africa Earns 12th Consecutive Top Rating by Charity Navigator

July 24th, 2023

Books For Africa is proud to announce that its strong financial health and ongoing accountability and transparency has earned it a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator.

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Books For Africa Celebrates Most Successful Fiscal Year Ever in 2023: Over Four Million Books Shipped

July 17th, 2023

Books For Africa is celebrating its most successful year ever! In FY2023, which closed on June 30th, we shipped over 4 million books to the African continent. Read more in our story!

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Twin Cities Book Walk 2023 Raises Funds for African Literacy

June 27th, 2023

Tom Warth, who founded Books For Africa 35 years ago, led 25 supporters on an 11-mile Twin Cities Book Walk on June 24 from the Minneapolis Central Library to the George Latimer Central Library in downtown St. Paul.

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William Kamkwamba Headlines Books For Africa's Reading For All Fundraising Luncheon

May 1st, 2023

Books For Africa’s annual fundraising luncheon was held Friday, April 28th, 2023 at the Town and Country Club in St. Paul, Minnesota. This year’s event, Reading For All, was highlighted by a keynote speech from William Kamkwamba, author and subject of bestseller The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind!

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BFA Volunteer Spotlight: Perry Mitchell

April 19th, 2023

If you ever visit the Books For Africa Atlanta warehouse, you will probably run into Perry Mitchell sorting books, joking with staff and chatting with fellow volunteers. For the past six years, Perry a former advertising creative director, who is 80, drives 40 minutes twice a week from his home near Emory University to the warehouse in Marietta.

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BFA Sponsors World Literacy Summit, attends World Expo Presentation

April 4th, 2023

Books For Africa participated in the 2023 World Literacy Summit in Oxford, United Kingdom in April. BFA was excited to sponsor this great event, and Founder Tom Warth and Executive Director Patrick Plonski attended and hosted a Books For Africa booth at the summit. Plonski also represented BFA at the 2027 World Expo Presentation for the United States in Paris, France on his travels.

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