Eric Walters ebooks now available! Listen to his Ted Talkx

Search for ebooks by Eric Walters using Destiny @ library.ocsb.ca

Also available in ebook is the entire Seven Series.  

Click on the link for Eric Walters Ted Talk

Thank You from Eric Walters' Creation of Hope Project

 Students from the St. Joseph High School Learning Commons, (and Chantal Allain who raised over $80 on her own,)  donated their pennies in December to raise money for the Creation of Hope Project!  Below are photographs from children expressing their thanks for our donation!

BookFaces by Mr. Godard's Photo Class

The Battle of the Books Via Skype Between Our Red Maple Club and Acadia Jr. High (Winnipeg)

SJH Red Maple Club VS Acadia Jr. High Book Battle!

Today we battled via Skype with Acadia Jr. High in Winnipeg to determine which of the following titles is the best book ever!

St. Joseph High School Red Maple Club members nominated the following titles:

1.  The Vampire Stalker by Allision Van Diepen presented by Lena Morin
2.  The Vindico by Wesley King presented by Darien Reichel
3.  End of Days by Eric Walters presented by Aedyn Ladd

Acadia Jr. High nominated the following titles:

1.  The Bedmas Conspiracy by Deborah Sherman
2.  Fly Boy by Eric Walters
3.  The Undergrounders by David Skuy

All the speeches were persuasive and it was difficult to decide but the ultimate winner was Lena Morin with her pitch for The Vampire Stalker!

Eric Walters Author Visit

On Nov. 26th, Eric Walters visited our Learning Commons to speak to over 200 students in gr. 7-10.  They were spellbound!  He is a superstar presenter and highly motivating for reluctant readers.   See the photostory of the event above this post!

Check out the display of some of his 75 titles in the L.C.

Make change with your CHANGE!  Give your pennies, nickels and dimes to the L.C. charity fundraiser for the Creation of Hope Project sponsored by Eric Walters.

Check out the details @ www.creationofhope.com

Option One - Those requiring tax receipts are asked to make out cheques to Africa Inland Mission and add “Creation of Hope” on the memo line and mail them to 4082 Powderhorn Crescent, Mississauga, ON, L5L 3B9. The cheques will then be forwarded to AIM.  Africa Inland Mission (AIM) is a registered charity which is affliated with the project on the ground in Kenya.  AIM takes an 7% administrative fee and the remaining 93% is sent to our program for direct use.

Option Two -  Those who do not require tax receipts are asked to make cheques out to Creation of Hope and mail them to the address listed above.  100% of the money is sent to staff in Kenya for direct use.

A commitment has been made that 100% of money that comes from schools or children will always go to service.  Some schools have needed to use the first option – donating through AIM – and we have undertaken to ‘pay’ the 7% administrative cost so that the project still receives 100% – 100 cents on the dollar – going directly to service.

Often people will ask for money to be directed to specific projects or goals (goats, blankets, tools etc) and we work to honour those requests.  Here are the costs for some items:

Planting a sapling – $.23       Blanket – $6.00          Chicken – $8.00

School Uniform – $14.00  Farm Tools for a Family – $20.00 Goat – $40.00

Fund the entire Rolling Hills orphanage – one day or week at a time; There are 34 children at Rolling Hills Residence. To fund the costs of the orphanage (food, clothing, school fees, school supplies, medical care, electricity, water, sanitation and salary for the matron, tutor and night watchman) for one day is $50, or for one week is $350.00  Fund the program for a week . . . or two . . . or more.  You will get back a thank you from the children indicating the exact week you supported them, and a picture like the one above.