At the end of each year, nonprofit organization Thrivent Financial for Lutherans invests money back into the community. Last November, the West Hennepin Chapter made the donation of a Little Free Library to the Kimberly Meadows apartment complex, and it’s having a major effect.
“People stop, they look at books, they check them out,” says Stacy Klone, president of the West Hennepin Thrivent Chapter. “It’s turning out to be kind of a meeting place where neighbors meet and get to know each other.” —Josie Franske
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What is a Little Free Library? It’s a “take a book, return a book” gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories. In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone can stop by and pick up a book (or two), and bring back another book to share. Kimberly Meadows property manager Diana Moore Hoops says this particular library is being used by all ages and becoming a meeting locale for neighbors to chat, drop off books and “check out” another to read. You can find iterations of the little libraries popping up all over Plymouth; if you’re interested in creating your own, visit littlefreelibrary.org.
At the end of each year, nonprofit organization Thrivent Financial for Lutherans invests money back into the community. Last November, the West Hennepin Chapter made the donation of a Little Free Library to the Kimberly Meadows apartment complex, and it’s having a major effect.“People stop, they look at books, they check them out,” says Stacy Klone, president of the West Hennepin Thrivent Chapter. “It’s turning out to be kind of a meeting place where neighbors meet and get to know each other.”
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What is a Little Free Library?
It’s a “take a book, return a book” gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories. In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone can stop by and pick up a book (or two), and bring back another book to share. Kimberly Meadows property manager Diana Moore Hoops says this particular library is being used by all ages and becoming a meeting locale for neighbors to chat, drop off books and “check out” another to read. You can find iterations of the little libraries popping up all over Plymouth; if you’re interested in creating your own, visit littlefreelibrary.org.
