BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro Rotary Club is looking for local artists to paint 10 “Little Free Libraries” for sale to benefit Brooks Memorial Library.
“Members of the Brattleboro Rotary Club wanted to undertake a local service project that would encompass one of Rotary's five focus areas - in this case, literacy - and provide a lasting legacy to the community we all love and serve,” Joe Little, chair of the Little Free Library Project for Brattleboro Rotary Club, said in a news release.
“Club members will build the ten sturdy cabinets; each cabinet has a clear door for weather protection and can hold small to large books,“ Little explained.
The Little Free Library Inc. is a worldwide movement to promote literacy and build community. The program operates on the concept of “Take a Book, Return a Book. When someone takes a book, they may return the same book or a different book.
Little Free Library began in Hudson, Wis., when one man built a tiny, one-room schoolhouse library and installed it on his front lawn to honor his mother and her love of reading. His idea caught on and spread. Today there are over 25,000 Little Free Libraries in all 50 states and 70 countries around the world.
Little added, “We are looking for local artists to paint these structures so that we can in turn auction them for folks to put in front of their home or office.”
“All the monies raised from the sale of the Little Free Libraries will benefit Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro,” Little said.