Friends of the Library

By Janice Sakuma, 365 Days of Service, Maui Chapter

This past Thanksgiving, as a group project our team chose to beef up our pediatric waiting room library. We scoured the local Friends of the Library (10 cents a book!) Attended yard sales and bookstores and in the end, gathered 100+ books.

On our chosen morning, we marched over, each holding an armload of books. We arranged the books to be enticing, and even included a few books for the parents to enjoy. There was a friendly competition on presentation style between those in the "well" waiting room and the "not so well" waiting room . After a few minutes we stepped back to admire our work.
At the end of the day, a co-worker declared "The book shelf is all messy! I guess that means the children liked the books!"
On a recent trip past the bookshelf, we noticed the shelves are again barren. The children are encouraged to take a book to enjoy at home. Looks like it's time for another run to the Friends of the Library shop!