Tom made a few calls, wrote a few letters. Then the project went out of control. A Prescott member who teaches at Christian Brothers University mentioned the book drive to her students. Then one of the CBU students mentioned the book drive to someone who works at Troll Associates in Memphis. The man at Troll called Tom.
Troll is a publisher of children's books.
A few days later, Tom heard from another company, which wishes to remain anonymous. The company offered to ship the books to port near Manila, no charge. Then, Tom heard from a Memphis couple living in Manila. They offered to take the books to Meredith's village, no charge. Monday, Tom and a few other church members loaded the donated books into trucks and drove them to the anonymous shipping company.