A Peachland resident has set up a little free library for her neighbourhood.
Rona Nadeau said she鈥檚 a big reader and once she went through her stack of library books, she began to worry.
鈥淛ust before all this happened, I had picked up a good selection of books from the library so I was pretty well stocked at the beginning, but that was in early March鈥� and so I started to think 鈥榟ey, maybe there are other people around who would be interested in swapping some books鈥�,鈥� she said.
She found a display case in her house that she then set up just outside and filled with books. Nadeau posted about the little free library on a Peachland group, where she said several of her neighbours saw it and became interested.
鈥淪omeone replied to my post in the group and said she鈥檚 always wanted to put together something like this as well, so I encouraged her to do it. There are so many areas here in Peachland that we can do it.鈥�
She hasn鈥檛 seen any other free libraries like hers in town, so it may well be the first in Peachland. Nadeau said besides wanting to fill her reading needs, she was inspired by others who put up free libraries in Winnipeg. With people spending more time at home, she said now seemed like the right time to set it up.
She鈥檚 encouraging people to take a book and if they have one they want to share, to place it in the bookcase.
Nadeau added she regularly sanitizes the shelf and the books.
鈥淛ust treat it like anything else that you鈥檙e bringing into your home at this time. Bring it in and do what it is you do: use Lysol wipes, do that. It鈥檚 all about just taking care of yourself, sanitizing your own hands and things you鈥檙e bringing home the very same way.鈥�
The little free library is on the corner of Thompson Drive and Forest Hill Drive.
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