Launched in July, the book drive aimed to get 1,000 youth and children's books for Upolu and Savai'i Islands but donations now number nearly ten times that figure.
In addition to individual donations, Pittsburgh-based charity Brother's Brother will be supplying a 20-foot shipping container of text books and children's literature to arrive in Apia in mid-November.
About 9,000 books are expected to leave Pittsburgh later this week.
Source:
Radio New Zealand International