Less than an hour after a Little Free Library went up in front of his Windsor home, Elm Street resident Brian Warden was already planning the care and maintenance of the approximately 5-feet high structure.
Warden’s future plans for the library included a weather-resistant coating on the wood post, and maybe even a cover for the turquoise box with a yellow door to prevent precipitation from accumulating during the winter.
Kara Warden, Brian’s wife, was just glad to see the library standing after nearly a month of planning and preparation. The Wardens will serve as stewards, or caretakers and the point of contact, for the library in front of their home.
“I’ve wanted a Little Free Library for years,” Kara Warden said. “I think they’re cute and I think the idea is brilliant. Read a book, and it’s nice to share with anyone else. For me, it was a no-brainer.”
The library sits on the southeast side of the Warden’s home, across the street from the pickle ball courts at Windsor’s Main Community Park. Members of the Rotary Club of Windsor installed the library as part of a club project, and in an effort to support Rotary International’s emphasis on literacy.
Rotary International is volunteer service organization where the members engage in community-oriented projects to have a sustainable impact.
Young children, from pre-school into elementary grades, will be the target age group for the Elm Street library.
“Kids like to get on their devices,” said Rotary Club of Windsor member Ron Clark, manager of the club’s Little Free Library project. “We want to do anything we can to introduce a young person to books.”
The Elm Street library is the fifth Little Free Library put up by the Windsor rotary since July. The other four have also been built in Windsor: 300 Amber Dr., 8791 Cherry Blossom Dr., 625 Oak St. and at the corner of Water Valley Parkway and Cobble Drive.
The club has a goal to install 12 libraries in Windsor and Severance by July 2021.
Clark, the steward of the Water Valley Parkway library, said the rotary club does not currently have locations set for the other seven planned libraries. They want to install two in Severance.
Little Free Library is a non-profit book sharing organization started in Wisconsin in 2009 and incorporated three years later. The Little Free Library motto is ‘take a book, share a book,’ according to the organization website.
Little Free Library sells library kits, or the library can be constructed from scratch. Purchasing a kit then enters the library into the Little Free Library registry with the option to add the library to the organization’s worldwide map.
There are 14 Little Free Library locations in Windsor and Severance, according to the map.
Clark said the Windsor club received a $3,000 grant from a regional rotary district for half of the cost of the libraries to get started with the local project.
The Wardens, as stewards of the Elm Street library, are not solely responsible for providing books. They’ll receive assistance from the Windsor rotary, and, of course, from anyone who wants to contribute.
“It’s more than books and reading,” Rotary Club of Windsor president Robina McWilliams said. “This is a huge community project.”
The Link LonkNovember 08, 2020 at 04:27AM
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Windsor club encourages literacy through Little Free Library project - Greeley Tribune
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