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ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ is pleased to announce that we have doubled our book-processing capacity at our Atlanta warehouse. With our new and improved warehouse space, BFA will be more ready than ever to ship even more books, computers and other educational materials to students in ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½. Patrick Plonski, executive director of BFA, and BFA founder, Tom Warth, traveled to Atlanta to celebrate the warehouse expansion from January 31 and February 1. The two were all smiles as they observed just how many more books will be ready to ship from the new space.

The Course Hero Knowledge Drive has recently reached a new milestone – 35,000+ books donated to children abroad since its creation in November of 2010. Established in partnership with ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½, the Course Hero Knowledge Drive is founded upon a simple premise: for every 10 academic documents a student contributes to Course Hero, 1 book will be donated to ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½. This movement allows Course Hero to add to the powerful social learning community and resources they provide to students around the world, while simultaneously giving children in ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ the gift of education and the ability to attain a better quality of life.

Prince Amukamara, the rookie cornerback of the Super Bowl-bound New York Giants, is giving sports fans everywhere a chance to win Super Bowl tickets while supporting St. Paul-based ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ and Arizona-based IFESH (International Foundation for Education and Self-Help).

Ending the book famine in ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ will take more than just baby steps. That is why Tom Warth, founder of ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½, will be making a trek across the Gambia. Of 1.8 million people in the Gambia, a country hardly the size of Delaware, only 40% of people over the age of 15 can read. Warth is making the hike to raise awareness and funds to bring them books. Click on the link above for more info

ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ Executive Director Pat Plonski, board member Mike Essien, and members of the IFESH team (International Foundation for Education & Self-Help) met with U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Terence McCulley at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, on October 22, 2010, to discuss collaboration on advancing education in Nigeria.