Local Projects States Project International Projects Reading projects in our local community:   1) September 2009 - Hispanic-American Read-In Chain 2) Fall 2009 - Borders Family Literacy Event 3) January 2010 - African-American Read-In Chain 4) Spring 2010 - Borders Childrens Literacy Event   Ongoing: Wellness Project For more information on the wellness project please click on the Wellness tab on the navigation bar. Book collection for school and public libraries in Mississippi that were hit by hurricane Katrina. 1) Collection on children's books to send over to Iraq so US Military can read them to their children over webcam & video tape.   2) A one year sponsorship of an Iraqi teacher into the IRA (International Reading Association).