Where Would We Be Without Our Libraries?

We've all recently seen pictures of the damage Hurricane Irene has to done and seeing those things just breaks my heart. Today my heart broke just a little bit more after hearing about a small-town library that lost most of its children's books due to the flood. They put the books on the lower shelves so that the kids could reach them and when the flood came it took almost all but five picture books. The library is in some serious need now and I was hoping some of my lovely followers would be willing to help them out.

They are asking that you don't send boxes of books because they are worried they won't have enough dry space to keep them, so only publishers and authors are allowed to send physical books to them. However they have three different ways in which we can help them out. One, send a monetary donation to the library so that they have the money to buy more books when they get back on their feet. Two, an independent bookstore near their small town is also helping out. Just call that bookstore and they will help you pick out a book to buy based on the needs of the library at the moment. Three, you can send a "virtual giftcard." Again, you would need to call the bookstore for this one and tell them the amount you would like to give and they take it off your credit card and add it to the library's giftcard.

So if you feel led to help out this poor little library I would highly suggest doing one of those three options. Obviously I didn't give out all the information you'd need (just the gist) so here is a link to the rest of the info you'd need to lend a hand to them.

LINK HERE!