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Thread #149231 Message #3471404
Posted By: YorkshireYankee
25-Jan-13 - 04:58 PM
Thread Name: Storytelling books 2 donate (nr Chicago)
Subject: Storytelling books 2 donate (nr Chicago)
Hello folks,
(If you've already read the "Drum Collection to donate" thread, you can pretty much figure out the gist of this one. But for those who haven't...
My parents are seriously downsizing (due to age) and my mother (who used to do storytelling - kid-oriented) has a BIG collection of books of folktales and stories from all over the world. Once they move, there won't be space for them all, so she/we have been trying to think of a place where such a collection would be appreciated and used - frequently and by kids, with luck - ideally by troubled/disadvantaged kids. (Mom spent many years working with emotionally troubled kids and/or kids from disadvantaged backgrounds.)
Can anyone suggest an appropriate place? (Note: we're aware of the Oldtown School of Folk music, but if there is somewhere (school? community center? music school/shop? library? hospital? youth program?) that is perhaps less well-known/not as well supported, we'd prefer to donate to such a place...)
Mom & Dad have problems driving anywhere distant, and are so overwhelmed with stuff to do (trying to move within the next 3-4 months, which is a very tall order for them!), so someplace that could come and pick up the collection would be ideal - though not an ironclad requirement.
I wish I could do more for them myself, but it's hard from over here in Sheffield.
Any suggestions, folks?
P.S.
Mom also has an amazing and extensive collection of drums - and other rhythm instruments - from all over the world, which she also would like to find a good home for. (I've already started a thread for that) .