Little Free Library

The 2024 Rocket Companies Community Challenge started August 5! Little Free Library is one of 45 national nonprofit organizations who was invited to join the Challenge. Through August 30, we’ll be raising money to support our mission of building community, inspiring readers, and increasing book access for all. Will you join us with a gift today? Click here to give! https://lnkd.in/gmh2Z-Uv Rocket Mortgage Rocket Mortgage Canada Amrock Lendesk, LLC Rocket Homes For Sale By Owner Inc. Rocket Loans Rocket Money Core Digital Media LowerMyBills Rocket Innovation Studio Woodward Capital Management

Join us for Steward Services office hours, this Tuesday, August 13, from 4-5pm (CST). This month’s topic will be Team LFL — LFL’s Community Engagement Platform! LFL staffers Brianna Stapleton Welch and Marshall Krueger will be chatting about how to utilize our volunteer network to help support your Little Free Library. We will also be available to answer any questions you may have about stewarding a Little Free Library — how to get started, how to use our resources, tips for maintaining your library, and more! Register and join us here: https://lnkd.in/g5-NnRih #volunteer #volunteering #communityengagement #teamlfl #littlefreelibrary #littlefreelibraries

From the U.S. Department of Education and Matt Nosanchuk: Book bans are not just bad policy. They can raise civil rights issues. https://lnkd.in/gwgCXtA8? "If a school prohibits its students from reading age-appropriate books by or about LGBTQI+ people, people of color, or people who share ancestry—such as Jewish, Muslim, Arab, and Sikh people—students may feel stigmatized, unwelcome, unsafe, or isolated at school. They may also face increased risk of harassment by school staff or their peers who associate them or their families with the books targeted for restriction. Circumstances such as these could give rise to a hostile environment for students at school, in violation of federal civil rights law." I'm proud to work at Little Free Library, where we build community, inspire readers, and expand access to books—including banned books! Stay informed about our plans for Banned Books Week in September by signing up for our email list: https://lnkd.in/gErzhiQm. #bannedbooks #bookbans #bookaccess #intellectualfreedom #littlefreelibrary #littlefreelibraries #bannedbookswelcomehere

This month, we were thrilled to grant 29 Little Free Library boxes full of books through our Impact Library Program, which serves under-resourced communities. We also heard from stewards who were previously granted libraries and wanted to share their stories. Susan S. of Huntsville, Alabama, says: "This neighborhood is 'land locked' — surrounded on four sides by major, very busy roads, which limits the range of neighborhood children or even adults who lack transportation. My street is a common shortcut to a nearby row of stores bordering one of those main thoroughfares, so there is a good bit of foot and bike traffic in front of my house, year-round. It’s also a Title 1 neighborhood, with a nearby elementary school that has some of the lowest reading scores in the area. So we need a library!" “On the sides of the [Little Free Library], there are spines of classic books from Banned Book lists, and I try to keep banned books in the LFL as often as possible. When I was a kid 1000 years ago, reading was a critical part of my life, but I was also lucky that I lived just blocks from the town library. My hope for this Little Free Library is that even one child in the neighborhood discovers it as a resource and gets lit up about all the worlds available to them in between the covers of a book. If this can light that kind of reading passion in just one child, then I will call my LFL a lifetime success.” #bookaccess #books #bannedbooks #equity #community

We're hiring an Accounting Specialist! The Accounting Specialist is a part-time position responsible for recording daily accounting transactions, including vendor invoices and daily deposits. Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/g3bsjrfw #jobs #jobalert #nonprofitjobs #hiring #nowhiring

There's Waldo! 🔎 We love this photo from one of the winners of our international Little Free Library Week book giveaway of WHERE'S WALDO. This Waldo was found in England. Winners also included Little Free Library stewards from Liberia, Brazil, Canada, South Africa, and more. We wish we could have given books to stewards in all of the 121 countries that have Little Free Libraries! Thanks to Karen Walsh and Candlewick Press for providing these books to our Little Free Library international stewards! You can enter our monthly book giveaways here: https://lnkd.in/en4KDub #fridayreads #fridayfun #reading #books #community #communityengagement #littlefreelibrary #littlefreelibraries

Treasure Island Resort & Casino (Welch, MN) designated Little Free Library in June 2024 as their Charity of the Month! We are thrilled to announce that Treasure Island guests donated $27,000 to support our mission of building community, inspiring readers, and increasing book access. Treasure Island employees also held a book drive, collecting hundreds of books to place in Little Free Library book-sharing boxes. A huge thank you to Treasure Island Resort & Casino guests and staff!

Show your commitment to amplify marginalized voices through diverse books by signing our Read in Color pledge! Whether you're a Little Free Library steward, patron, book lover, or community member, you can have a role in celebrating diversity in your community. Sign the pledge: https://lnkd.in/gHWicvua #readincolor #diversebooks #diversebooksforkids #bookaccess

Little Free Library steward meet-ups are happening across the US and in Ontario throughout the summer and fall! Twenty-six different stewards are hosting these gatherings. Check out the list of upcoming events to see if there's one near you! https://lnkd.in/ggMwz5u3 #teamlfl #community #communityengagement #communityevents #neighbors #littlefreelibrary #littlefreelibraries

Thank you, Popular Science and Justin Pot for speaking with me about the Little Free Library community! https://lnkd.in/e7yzsadC “When we talk to Little Free Library stewards, 72 percent say they’ve met more neighbors because of their Little Free Library and 98 percent of people say their neighborhood feels like a friendlier place because of a Little Free Library.” It's easy to be part of the LFL fam, whether you're a steward with your own Little Free Library; a patron who takes and shares books; a user of our mobile app; a member of our volunteer initiative, Team LFL; or a donor who supports our nonprofit's mission to create equitable book access. We hope you join us in whatever way fits you best! #books #bookaccess #neighborhoods #community #littlefreelibrary #littlefreelibraries