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**Welcome to the GIFTS club homepage!**

**Who are we?** The GIFTS club seeks to promote literacy in both SAS and in Chinese schools. We use our funds to support the Library Project, and the nearby Li Ming Migrant school.

**And what does GIFTS stand for?**

 **G**- Giving  **I**- Individuals (a)  **F**- Future **T**- To  **S**- Succeed

**Why Literacy?** "Through literacy, the downtrodden can find their voice, the poor can learn how to learn, and the powerless can empower themselves."-UNESCO Director Koichiro Matsuura We the GIFTS club firmly believe that literacy is a powerful tool to every individual. Through literacy, individuals have a much greater chance of escaping poverty.

**What are our current projects?** The GIFTS club is currently during four projects; 1. Building an SAS library specifically for the service faculty at our school (books and magazines in Chinese) 2. Hosting projects at SAS (Read-A-Thons, literacy week, etc.) to emphasize the importance of reading at our school 3. Raising funds to contribute to the Library Project, a NPO that seeks to build libraries in China for underprivileged schools 4. Building a library for the nearby Li Ming Migrant School.

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