Book donation to St. Maarten Yacht Club.
Book donation to The Little Free Library.
PHILIPSBURG–An ad appeared in The Daily Herald ten years ago and Happy Bookers Book Club was founded and started in February 2009. The Happy Bookers comprises members from both sides of the island of varying ages and stages in their lives – new parents, young professionals, retirees and expats. They meet on the second Wednesday of every month.
In celebration of their 10th anniversary the “Bookers” will be hosting a fundraising breakfast at Philipsburg Jubilee Library in Philipsburg on February 23. The cost is NAf. 18, US $10 or 10 euros for a tasty Caribbean breakfast consisting of johnny cakes, saltfish, eggs, fruit and the best bush tea. The proceeds from the breakfast will go to lending a helping hand to the libraries on both sides of the island – Philipsburg Jubilee Library and Le Médiatèque – which were both destroyed by Hurricane Irma in 2017.
“We will be purchasing and donating much-needed books for both libraries so that schoolchildren and teens can use the mini-libraries while waiting on the return of the main libraries.
“Last Saturday, February 9, the ‘Bookers’ presented to the Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunset a donation of reading books. The donation was made towards the Little Free Library which is located on the waterfront in Marigot. A donation of reading books was also made to the St. Maarten Yacht Club in Simpson Bay, for their lending library,” the club said in a release.
For more information on The Happy Bookers or the fundraising breakfast, call 1-721-520-1899 or 011-590-690-55.54.60.
Source: The Daily Herald https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/85341-happy-bookers-10-year-anniversary-this-month
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