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Thread #139986 Message #3216814
Posted By: katlaughing
01-Sep-11 - 10:07 PM
Thread Name: BS: To Good Homes - old/used books-Last Chance!
Subject: RE: BS: To Good Homes - old and/or used books
Yes, 2Ls,*bg* in fact I was thinking you might like it. Shall I mark it as taken?
I don't know if they are accepting donations, but I heard a really sad story on npr, today, about a library in Upper Jay, NY, which lost almost all of its children's books and many others. Here's a bit about it:
A pile of books(sitting on the lawn, waiting for removal) shows that at the Wells Memorial Library in Upper Jay. A third of the library's 10,000 book collection was destroyed.
"The first two levels of every shelf in the library and the majority of the children's section," said Marie-Anne Azar Ward of Wells Memorial Library.
One woman was quoted in another story, saying wherever she was in upstate NY, they'd lost about 1,000 antique books.
If I find out anything about donating, I will probably send them what I can.