About Us
Monta Vista CSF's Project Literacy is our year-round service project. Our mission is to raise funds through booksales and donations from our chapter members and local community for various registered charities that build schools, libraries, and sponsor scholarships for children in impoverished Southeastern countries like Cambodia, Nepal, India, Laos, Vietnam. Project Lit has donated over $2000 towards building a public children's library in Parbat, Nepal through "Room to Read," an organization that builds libraries in third-world countries. Below are pictures of the completed library. We hope to continue to spread the gift of literacy and impact the lives of many more children in a great and positive way.

How to Donate
To donate books, please email csf.projectlit@gmail.com with the titles, authors, and category of the books. The Project Lit Chairs should confirm their receival of your donation. Members may drop off their book donations in a bag labelled with their name and grade in Mr. Catrette's room, B206 in the Project Lit donation box.

Donation Criteria (Updated 1/2010) Only the following categories of books will be accepted: SAT I & II prep books, AP prep books, children's books, and adult books. SAT II & AP books must be published in 2000-present and SAT I books must be 2003-present to meet buyer demand. If possible, please donate SAT/AP, or children's books because those are the books we can most easily sell. Donations with extensive writing, wear and tear, or water damage will not be accepted. Books must be written in English.

Books to Hours Conversion
10 books = 1 hour
3 SAT/AP books +1 other book = 1 hour
1 folding table = 1 hour
You can recieve a maximum of 2 hours per semester through donations to Project Lit.

Community Donations
We welcome donations from any and all people, not just Monta Vista CSF members. If you would like to donate books, folding tables, or money towards Project Literacy, please email us to arrange a drop off date and location. Your donation is greatly appreciated!

For more information, please contact the Project Lit Chairs through email at csf.projectlit@gmail.com.