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Neighborhood Fun
Volunteer Yasmin Alani has the attention of a mom and a curious future gardener.
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Volunteer Denise Stephens helped show children and parents how to plant the seed packets. This is just one of the outreach activities this group will be doing in the community over the next year, as part of earning community wildlife habitat certification for Eagle Watch.
Instructions and a tiny peat pot make it easy to start these little butterfly garden seeds.
Alexa and Aubree Bedoya choose a book from the Pie Bar library.
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Little Free Library celebrates the love of reading, the joy of sharing in a location near you.
BY CANDY BAYLOR
Happy Spring and welcome to May, which just so happens to be Little Free Library (LFL) month. If you have never heard of these libraries, you are in for quite the treat.
A LFL is a “take a book, return a book” concept that is most commonly seen as a freestanding, small wooden box filled with books. The best part is it’s free! These libraries can be found in communities around the world to share the love of reading.
Little Free Library (www.littlefreelibrary.org) is a nonprofit “that builds community, inspires readers and expands book access for all through a global network of volunteer-led little libraries,” according to the website. “Through Little Free Library book exchanges, millions of books are exchanged each year, profoundly increasing access to books for readers of all ages and backgrounds.”
Currently, there are more than 100,000 registered libraries in 108 countries These libraries work purely on an honor system. If you choose to take a book, you may also leave one for someone else to enjoy.
I first learned about LFLs many years ago when visiting a friend out of state. I noticed her neighbor had a cute replica of a tiny library to house books in her front yard. I absolutely loved the creativity behind the design and also the ability to share books. As an avid reader, I was excited to learn Cherokee County has seven libraries.
On my trek to explore them, I was pleasantly
