Mitumba Used Goods Collection 2014

Many of you are in the midst of spring cleaning this first weekend in January and have asked when we will be collecting the used goods for Tana River Life Foundation. Aside from the usual clothes, bags, shoes, bedsheets and curtains, I’d like to highlight that we also collect the following :

– old mobile phones which can be repaired and sold Tana Delta

– CDs / DVDs for recycling : content does not matter. They could contain music, movies, software, backups, or even annual reports

– empty CD / DVD covers for recycling

The venue and dates have been decided.

We’ll be at Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the same venue as the past 2 years from 22 – 30 March. Click here for a map of the location.

Click here to download the letter from Gabriel, the dates and times of the collection and a  list of items needed : https://tanariverlife.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/mitumba-2014-final.pdf

See you in March and Happy Spring Cleaning !

 

More Details on TRLF Book Drive 2011

Thanks for your support of Tana River Life Foundation in the past couple of years.

It is that time of the year again to dig into our book collections to help fill the libraries at the schools supported by Tana River Life Foundation in Kenya. This year the books will be filling up the empty libraries at the new nursery & primary school that Gabriel is building and the schools that the foundation supports. As with the previous year, we will be leveraging the annual Book Exchange that the NLB is organizing.

Here’s a few ways you can help us :

1. Set aside books from your collection for contribution to the TRLF libraries directly. To do this, you would need to have books that meet the TRLF collection requirements. Please download this document : Tana River Life Foundation Book Drive 2011 – info to view the types of books needed. You have up to the end of May to hand the books to me.
2. If your books don’t meet the collection requirements ( eg. books not in English, are too old, pulp fiction, romantic novels, cook books etc ) you can take your books down to the nearest library between now and the 15th of April and exchange them for a Book Exchange voucher per book ( please check http://w16.nlb.gov.sg/page/corporate_page_visitus_AllLibraries for the full list of libraries, their addresses and opening hours. ). The library accepts up to 30 books each time. You can then pass the vouchers back to me before the 16th of April.
3. Volunteer to help us ‘shop’ for books during the exchange on Saturday 16th April. We’ll roster volunteers on 4 hour shifts between 8.30am and 6pm, and provide you with the vouchers and a list of our book requirements. You’ll then “shop” through the books available, check-out using the vouchers and bring the books to our collection table. You may have to do this a couple of times during the 4 hour period.
4. Help us collect A4-sized photocopy-paper boxes. This is the best size for packing, storing and transporting the books to Kenya.

Thanks so much

Can you help with the packing ?

Thanks for all the used goods you have contributed to Tana River Life Foundation. It’ll great if you could help in the packing. Contributions of packing tape and carton boxes are also welcomed.

The used goods are being packed at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Upper Serangoon, the same venue as the used goods collection. Gabriel and Eddy will be packing from 14th to 24th Feb. Would be great if you could join them. Email Gabriel or call Eddy at 92320222.

Here’s the schedule :

Mon 14 Feb : 3.00 pm to 8.00 pm
Tue 15 Feb :10.00 am to 8.00 pm
Wed 16 Feb : 3.00 pm to 8.00 pm
Thu 17 Feb : 10.00 am to 8.00 pm
Fri 18 Feb CLOSED
Sat 19 Feb : 12.00 am to 5.00 pm
Sun 20 Feb CLOSED
Mon 21 Feb : 3.00 pm to 8.00 pm
Tue 22 Feb : 10.00 am to 8.00 pm
Wed 23 Feb : 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Thu 24 Feb : 10.00 am to 8.00 pm

 

Click here for more details : Sorting Schedule 2011