The First Book Give-Away

As a part of the process of purging stuff in the house, I pulled books from the shelves in the family room, the living room, and two of the upstairs bedrooms.  I did not pull books from Jim's shelves in the basement although he is being encouraged to do so himself!

We brought 80 or more books to church on Friday, placed them on a table in the church library, and put out a basket for donations for Youth Ministries.  An email went out to the congregation and I made an announcement in church.

And it worked!   I don't know how many books are left on the table but I saw many people leaving church with books in their hands.  J (a fifth grader) had How Things Work; C (a grandma) had Friendly Beasts and the autobiography of Roald Dahl; M (a recent college grad) had the big volume on Africa that I always meant to read but never did; W had The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede and was happy to find a primary source.   I am so glad to see these books have new homes.

It is so hard to part with books.  But I know we will do at least one more of these book give-aways when it gets closer to moving date.