Those little boxes run entirely on invisible neighbors. Be one: ten good books and a tightened hinge keep a tiny institution alive on your street.
Tune Up the Little Free Library
Walk to the nearest Little Free Library with a rag, a screwdriver, and a stack of your good books — tidy the shelf, tighten the hinge, and leave it better stocked than you found it.
What you'll need
- Five to ten books people actually want (recent, clean, kids' books gold)
- A rag and all-purpose cleaner
- A screwdriver for the sagging hinge
Pitfalls
- Take out the mildewed textbooks and outdated manuals while you're at it — curation is a service.
- Kids' books vanish fastest. Weight your stack that way.
- There's a map of every registered library at littlefreelibrary.org if you don't know your nearest.
Whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. — Proverbs 11:25