Eleven members of the Lexington Junior League pose with a Balikbayan box after packing several for IBP’s first shipment of Balikbayan boxes to the Philippines.
Last night, with the help of 11 volunteers from the Junior League, IBP packed its first Balikbayan boxes. Balikbayan boxes are traditionally used by Filipino immigrants to send “pasalubong” or gifts back to their families at home. The word “Balikbayan” literally means “go back to hometown” in Filipino. The boxes are six times the size of IBP’s M-bag but just two times more expensive because they share sea container space. These boxes will reduce the cost of shipping to the Philippines by over 60%!
The books should leave IBP’s warehouse this week and journey to Louisville, then Chicago, California, and finally, Manila. We are very excited about this new adventure in shipping more efficiently.
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- Eleven members of the Lexington Junior League pose with a Balikbayan box after packing several for IBP’s first shipment of Balikbayan boxes to the Philippines.
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- Members of the Lexington Junior League pack their Balikbayan box as tight as possible so the books don’t shift during their journey from Lexington to Louisville, Chicago, California, and then Manila.
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- Debra Green of the Junior League sorts through books while packing her Balikbayan box at IBP’s warehouse.
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- Members of the Junior League in Lexington pack their boxes tight with newspaper so that the books don’t shift during shipment.
Tags: balikbayan boxes, books, International Book Project, international books, international nonprofit, Junior League, nonprofit, Philippines
May 14, 2009 at 10:50 pm |
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- Jack
August 13, 2009 at 9:37 am |
May I know the beneficiary in the Philippines of the books packed in Balikbayan boxes by Lexington Junior League?
Can we also make a similar request for Seselangen Elementary School as our beneficiary?
Henry Onia
Immediate Past President
Rotary Club of Hundred Islands
D3790, Philippines
http://www.HundredIslandsRotary.org
September 17, 2009 at 7:41 am |
Our college is an International Book Project recipient.
I want to congratulate all the persons responsible to the IBP’s new way of shipping books to the Philippines. Compared to the M-bag, the use of Balikbayan boxes for book shipments is a better idea. As a recipient, it is more efficient and more beneficial on our part because this time we don’t have to go to the post office to get the books because the books were delivered right in our doorstep and we were able to receive more books – from 19 books through M-bag last June 2007 to 89 books through Balikbayan box in September 12, 2009 – now that is such a very big improvement!
Thank you very much IBP! More power and keep up the good work!
Myra F. Trinidad
College Librarian
PNTC Colleges
Dasmariñas, Cavite
Philippines
December 10, 2009 at 5:43 am |
In behalf of the Guinabsan Barangay Captain Mariano P. Galinato and the residents of Barangay Guinabsan in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte, Philippines, I would like to thank you International Book Project Foundation so with the generous people who supported IBP. I could’nt wait as I am very excited to receive the second batch of shipment coming for our community library. By the way, I received the email just today, December 10, 2009. This good news is indeed a gift for the folks in my barrio this Christmas. The IBP is the sole sponsor in the establishment of the Guinabsan Community Library. I thought that doing projects like this is impossible but now I should say, “if there’s a will, then there’s a way.”
Again, thank you very much for the assistance. God Bless you!
Marlon G. Ompoc
Librarian
Cagayan de Oro College,
Max Suniel St., Carmen,
Cagayan de Oro City
Philippines