{"id":4722,"date":"2011-09-01T12:44:02","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T16:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=4722"},"modified":"2011-09-01T14:04:26","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T18:04:26","slug":"post-irene-help-upper-jay-library-rebuild-its-childrens-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2011\/09\/01\/post-irene-help-upper-jay-library-rebuild-its-childrens-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Irene: help Upper Jay library rebuild its children’s collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Update:\u00a0 NPR’s Melissa Block will talk about the Wells Memorial Library relief effort tonight on All Things Considered)<\/p>\n

The Wells Memorial Library in Upper Jay was slammed by the East Branch of the Ausable River, and the flooding hit the children’s book section particularly hard.<\/p>\n

An effort is underway to rebuild the children’s collection.\u00a0 Go here for full information about the crisis<\/a> and see below for instructions on how you can contribute.<\/p>\n

(Hat tip to children’s book author Kate Messner for putting this together.\u00a0 The photographs on her website are sad but powerful.)<\/p>\n

1. Send a donation. Checks may be made payable to the Wells Memorial Library.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2. Donate a new, hardcover children\u2019s book. Picture books are needed most. They were all destroyed except the five waiting to be re-shelved and those that were signed out to homes that didn\u2019t get flooded.<\/p>\n

The Bookstore Plus<\/a>, a terrific independent bookstore in nearby Lake Placid, NY, is helping to coordinate this effort. I talked with owners Marc & Sarah Galvin\u00a0 this morning, and they\u2019ve set up three options for folks who want to donate books:<\/p>\n

1. You can call The Bookstore Plus at (518) 523-2950, and a bookseller will help you choose a book to purchase, based on the library\u2019s needs. They\u2019ll keep track of what\u2019s already been purchased. These books will be collected and stored, and when the library is ready, we\u2019ll deliver them all at once.<\/p>\n

2. The bookstore is also setting up a \u201cvirtual gift card\u201d for the library.\u00a0 You can call and let them know you\u2019d like to give $20 or any amount.\u00a0 They\u2019ll charge your credit card and add that money to the library\u2019s gift card for the purchase of books later on.<\/p>\n

2. Or you can order a book online through The Bookstore Plus website<\/a>, and have it sent directly to the library at the address below.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the library\u2019s address for checks & new book\u00a0 donations being sent through the regular mail:<\/em><\/p>\n

Wells Memorial Library<\/address>\n
P.O. Box 57<\/address>\n
Upper Jay, NY 12987<\/address>\n
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If you are sending new books via UPS, please use this address:<\/address>\n
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Wells Memorial Library<\/address>\n
12230 State Route 9N
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Upper Jay, NY 12987<\/address>\n
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Authors & illustrators: If you have a spare author copy of a book you\u2019d like to donate, the library would love that.<\/p>\n

Children\u2019s Book Editors & Publishers: If you\u2019re cleaning out the shelves of new children\u2019s books in your office & would like to send a care package, it would be most welcome.<\/p>\n

Bloggers: If you have hardcover review copies of kids\u2019 books that you\u2019re finished reading, the library will make sure they get into kids\u2019 hands. (Note: No ARCs, please.)<\/p>\n

Both monetary donations and new children\u2019s and YA books may be sent at any time. Library director Karen Rappaport assures me that books can be stored safely until the library is ready to reopen. I hope it\u2019s soon.<\/p>\n

Thanks in advance to anyone who\u2019s able to help!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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