Novel Destinations April 25

COEUR d'ALENE - The next "Novel Destinations" program at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library will take its audience to China, where a local man's foundation is helping young students to get an education and create a library.

"The Chinese Kids Project," a slideshow by Ron Deady, will be presented April 25, at 7 p.m. on the big screen in the Community Room at the library.

Deady is a retired military and commercial pilot. He started a foundation in China in 2006 called The Chinese Kids Project in Yunnan Province, in the town of Xundian.

He travels to China each year, selects recipients for a "scholarship," and awards 20 children with a red envelope to assist them financially. Another effort buys books to build a library for grade-schoolers. The story and photos relate how the projects started and progress is an interesting one, full of Chinese intrigue, humor, and hope for better detente, or relaxing of the tension between nations.

Sponsored by the Affinity Living Community in Coeur d'Alene, this will be an after-hours library program with refreshments.

Anyone with a potential slideshow for the series is asked to call the Library Foundation office at 769-2380 or email [email protected].