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Local teen shares love of reading through Li le Free Libraries BY LAUREL HUSTER laurel@newnan.com
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ourteen-year-old Amy Hiestand decided to share her love of reading with the community through building and maintaining several Little Free Libraries. Hiestand is medically fragile, and she said when she was sick or going through testing, she would always read to escape. She said she wanted to share her love of reading with others. “So being medically fragile meant there were times where she was sick or undergoing treatments or diagnostic tests and she’s always loved reading, so she disappears into the world of reading,” said Amy’s mom Tawny Hiestand.
Little Free Libraries Tawny said Amy found out about the Little Free Library concept and wanted to create her own. It was up to Amy to schedule an appointment with Northside Baptist Church off of Highway 29 to propose placing the first library there. The Little Free Library at the church went up in June 2018, and Tawny had found a completed library with books on Facebook Marketplace they were able to use. From there, Amy wanted to expand and set up more Little Free
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Amy Hiestand with her first Little Free Library at Northside Baptist Church.
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