Continuing the literacy theme started yesterday...
Knowing that the project I mailed to yesterday wasn't able to accept hardcover books, I decided to use today to drop off a few of the hardcovers I was ready to get rid of at a location I knew could and would use them: my local library.
As city/county/state budgets become increasingly slashed, hindering many of the public services offered, libraries are struggling to compete for a piece of the pie. The gap continues to widen between those that have ready access to the latest tools and information via electronic devices and the Internet, and those that don't. As these budgets are cut, libraries often have to fight to maintain some kind of funding to enable them to continue providing services and materials.
One method that many libraries use to help supplement their cash flow is the Friends of the Library book sale (or some variation of). Some libraries do it quarterly, or on weekends. Some libraries are lucky enough to have the space for a shelf or a bookcase they can keep up year-round, where patrons can browse donated books for purchase, often at just a few cents a piece. But they can't sell them if they don't have them.
Well now they have another dozen to add to the selection options. And I've placed an empty bag in my closet to place additional hardcovers into after I've read them because this will be an ongoing RAOK, performed whenever I have them to donate.
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