Little Free Library Volunteering

[lydamorehouse]

 I did a fun thing today.

I found out through VolunteerMatch that Tropes & Trifles was looking for people to restock books in little free library "book deserts." So, this afternoon, I drove out, got my box of books, and set out with the Little Free Library app. 

I had never installed the LFL app before. I had lost the "confirm your email" email and so I wasn't able to take notes as I drove around (I have since rectified that) and so I mostly used the app for its ability to give me GPS directions to various LFL. I still have half a box yet to deliver. I'll try to remember to take pictures when I go out driving tomorrow!  

I'm now very tired, but what fun!

Comments

[profiterole_reads]

That's great! Doing some volunteering feels great in our currently mostly-sad world.

[hrj]

I hadn't previously thought about dropping books off at other people's LFLs. (There are half a dozen that I pass regularly on my bike rides, in addition to my own.) My original idea when installing a LFL was to use it to deaccession books, but they don't go out fast enough for that. Maybe I should keep a box of books next to my bike in the garage and toss a couple in the saddle bags when I know I'm going to be passing an opportunity.

[carbonel]

There is a LFL (just a bookcase) just inside the door at Open Book (which is where the Weavers Guild of Minnesota is now, so I'm there fairly often) that I used to check every time I came by. And then the last two times it's been totally empty, so I'm wondering if someone took the entire contents. I have a bunch of paperbacks (mostly SF) that are surplus to my needs, but I worry that if I take them to the LFL, they'll just disappear the same way.