Boise State student group sponsors
“Books for Israel” drive

Boise State’s Criminal Justice Honor Society (Alpha Kappa)

is holding a book drive today to benefit students in the nation of

Israel who lack English reading books.

Students wishing to donate to the cause can bring books to

marketing booth 1, located on the first floor of the SUB.

Volunteers will accept donations Monday through Friday from 7 a.m.

to 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Monetary donations are

also accepted to cover the cost of shipping the books, which is

estimated to be $1 per pound.

Alpha Kappa is sponsoring the drive on behalf of the “Books

for Israel Project”– created by two Israeli sisters in

response to the loss of funding for English reading books in the

country. In 2000 the Israeli government cut funding for the books,

citing the nation’s security situation as a financial drain,

leaving students from Kindergarten to high school without adequate

reading books.

The grass roots project is comprised of unpaid volunteers and even

lacks offices or a bank account. Likewise, the project has no tax

identification or tax status and makes no profit of any kind.

Boise State Alpha Kappa member and Flagship coordinator for the

project in Idaho, David J. Lynch, said the drive is the first of

its kind in the state.

“The reception of books from Boise State students assures

them (Israeli students) that the students of Boise State want them

to continue to learn and eventually become participants in the

peace process of their country,” he said.

Lynch read about the need for English reading books in Israel and

decided to take action. Since April of this year he has shipped

over 100 pounds of books at his own expense. However, Lynch

didn’t mind.

“The absence of monetary contributions from others will not

keep us from mailing these books,” he said.

Students in the Criminal Justice Administration Department as well

as Dispute Resolution classes are participating in the drive, and

invite Boise State’s student body to join them in the

cause.

Kyle Gorham
Opinion Editor

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