Have you been thinking of what to do with the piles of books that have collected over the years? Consider donating them to the less fortunate.
There are millions of children worldwide with no access to books, either due to poverty, natural disasters or due to wars and civil unrest. The millions of dollars worth of books which are thrown away each year can change the destiny of many helpless children worldwide.
The books that you donate will help create libraries for schools which have never had one, and quite possibly there will be many children who will be opening a book for the first time in their lives. This will give them the opportunity to learn to read, math, science, history and will open up a world which they never even knew existed. This will give them hope to better their lives and that of the people around them.
There are organizations that collect books and ship them around the world. www.booksforthirdworld.org and www.roomtoread.org are such organizations. Find out where the nearest collection centers are.
Use your books carefully and donate them to a charity which will help make the world a better place.