Thanks to supporters of the Keep It! Campaign, a new library is up and running in Ivory Park. Keep It! Founder Bob Tryanski and Hannah Britton recently visited the library located at the Drake Koka Primary School on the last day of the school year. There was much cause for celebration as all the students in the library program passed their examinations and were promoted to the next grade.
Bob Tryanski shares some stories with the students about the fans they have in the United States and announces that their poetry collection will be published to give people a chance to read their poems.
A portion of the proceeds from storyteller Andy Offutt Irwin’s new CD, "Risk Assessment", will support the library.
Students also celebrated the arrival of storytelling CDs thanks to the generosity of storyteller Bil Lepp. In 2012, the Keep It! Campaign will be working to stock the library shelves with quality books and educational materials.
While in Ivory Park, Tryanski also purchased and delivered a slew of new tools to support the Gardening Program at the Suppa du Momma Kitchen. Thanks to John and Joyce Johnson, Carolyn and Jerry Ward and the entire congregation at First Presbyterian Church for making this happen. The tools of self-sufficiency are a wonderful gift!