I rarely do promotional posts as well as accept invites, not because I hate to go, but rather where the invitation end up. Junk Mail. Looking through my mail, I recently received an email from Tam Le of Perth Room to Read Chapter. Room to Read helps children to pursue a quality education, reach their full potential and contribute to their community and world. To do this, the organization focuses on literacy and gender equality.
In December, Perth Room to Read Chapter will be raising funds through a dinner called Noodles for Books on Thursday the 5th of December at Mama Tran in the city of Perth, for children's education in the developing countries. They will be raising funds to invest in creating local language children's books in Vietnam. One of the greatest challenges to early adoption of the habit of reading is a lack of high-quality, age-appropriate children's books in the local language. Room to Read responded by providing training to local authors and writers to write age-appropriate books that is visually appealing and culturally relevant and distribute thousands of copies to schools and libraries in Vietnam. The organization is requesting support from the local Perth community to assist us in reaching our goal.
I strongly encourage my dear readers and Perthians to take part in this good cause. It will be a great night out and you will meet lots of people who have a passion for books, education and food. Not to mention, there will be some great prizes as well as silent auction items including cooking classes with Lawless Cooking School and a signed (with a personal message) copy of Pauline Nguyen's book, Secrets of the Red Lantern. But you know what, nothing else beats the last inclusion of your $50 bill, GOOD KARMA. If you are keen to help, you can get your tickets from http://www.trybooking.com/DVSK. .
WenY
Room to Read (http://www.roomtoread.org) is a registered charity in Australia which raises funds to help invest in local communities in Asia and Africa by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education.
