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Showing Original Post only (View all)how many of you have heard of the little free library movement? [View all]
i was in jackson california amador county at something attca (amador , tuolumne county calaveras county ( action agency, their hq is in jackson ca) i noticed something on a wall and it was shoing their "branches" of little free libraries which consists of a keosk with books in it. the premise is you take a book out , when done bring the book back and return it. you also can donate a book as welll .
this is a interview with the founder of the movement .
link to their home page .https://littlefreelibrary.org/
they are also on twitter . youtube and facebook. had me scratching my head .
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We have one at a local park. It's a small area w/ a bench, the book-nook, and flowers.
Solly Mack
Oct 2017
#4
I understand that; I just don't want them seen as individuals solving a problem that government does
WhiskeyGrinder
Oct 2017
#19
The Altrusan club to which I belong donates these libraries to underserved schools in our county.
coolsandy
Oct 2017
#17
Love the idea, and we do have a few in my neighborhood, well not where I live exactly, but
a kennedy
Oct 2017
#24
My community even had a fundraiser to raffle some off done by local artists
Freethinker65
Oct 2017
#31