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In the Community
Rotary Club Celebrates Installation
of A Little Library In West Reading
By West Reading-Wyomissing Rotary Club
T
he Rotary Club of West ReadingWyomissing
was awarded a
grant from Rotary International
Foundation to establish five (5) registered
Little Free Library book sharing boxes
to be a resource for our community. We
engaged and collaborated with various
local organizations to work together to
build and locate these libraries in our
community.
" Our Rotary club donates funds to
Rotary International every year to
support projects throughout the world.
It brings us great pleasure to have some
of these funds returned to our local
community. Thank you to our grant
writing committee and to our members
who have stepped up to make this project
a reality. I look forward to additional
boxes being built and installed in our
community. Everyone deserves the right
to access books. We are helping to put
books into hands of people who may
not otherwise have the opportunity to
access them. " Jeremiah Sensenig, Club
President and Area 4 Director.
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Our first completed book sharing box was
built partnering with the Hawk Mountain
Council Urban Outreach Division. Gage
Personnel is the host site located at 101
N. 7th Avenue, West Reading, PA. This
Little Free Library sharing box is across
from Penn State Health Children Center
which provides an excellent opportunity
for young readers to find and share books.
" The Hawk Mountain Council was very
happy to support the Little Library
Project sponsored by the West ReadingWyomissing
Rotary Club. Reading is
an incredibly important skill that our
children need to continue to sharpen,
and we are glad that Scouting could assist.
We are very appreciative of Scoutmaster
Mike Lerch from Troop 161 for designing
and building the sharing box and for
William and Kristi Gage for allowing
us to place the boxes on their property. "
Jim Milham, Scout Executive and CEO.
These little libraries:
* Increase book access!
* Inspire a love of reading!
* Deepen community connections!
Access to books is cited as the number-one
predictor of a child's ability to thrive in
school. Linda Mackey, Rotary's Little Free
Library Committee Chair, is facilitating
with the following collaborative partners
to build and locate additional libraries
including the 18th Wonder Improvement
Association, Reading Fire Company,
Berks Nature Center, Reading Wood
Club, Mimmo's Restaurant, Wyomissing
Hair Salon, Gage Personnel, Bartlett Tree,
and fellow Rotarians. We will be sharing
our other Little Free Library sites when
they are installed.
If you would like to donate books written
in English or Spanish to be placed in
the Little Libraries, please contact Linda
Mackey at: snowwhite014@gmail.com.

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