The Public Library of Central Ohio started a project that may be adopted by synagogue and center libraries of middle size communities. The Cbus library partners with area businesses, donors and volunteers to gift high quality books to the community. As programs to the public is no longer an option, they have refocused on their initiative Libraries Everywhere program to deliver books for all to homes across Central Ohio. A survey was sent to library patrons and offered to those that replied up to 10 books per family. At the same time a call for volunteers was sent to the library patrons. See https://cbuslibraries.com/books/ Based on my experience libraries receive many book donations, especially from parents, who received duplicates from the PJ library or their children have outgrown the books, and from individuals that needed to clean up their shelves. They had no problem getting volunteers to drive the books to homes that replied to the survey . It will be a welcome service, especially now, when people of all ages stay home and might find time to clean up their shelves or enjoy a good book and children that are bored enough to read 😊. Volunteers are committed to wearing a mask at all times when handling books, and hand sanitizer is readily available at the pickup location. All books have been quarantined for at least three days.
Amalia W.
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