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November 5, 2009

LF Library holding book drive for kids in need

Thursday, November 5, 2009
BY SUE TOTH
Passaic Valley Today
CORRESPONDENT

LITTLE FALLS — With the holiday season right around the corner, the Little Falls Public Library is again collecting children's books for donations to youth who do not have easy access them.

Books are being collected through the New Jersey Library Association's (NJLA) annual Books for Kids campaign. Books for children aged infant through teen are welcome.

According to Mary Louise Helwig-Rodriguez, the Little Falls library has participated in this program for several years now, with great success.

"Since we were under construction last year, we did not participate in the program," Helwig-Rodriguez said. "But there was one year that we received more than 1,000 books. That was a tremendous year."

Once the books are collected, they are packed and shipped to the NJLA magnet library in Paterson. From there, they are delivered to children who cannot easily obtain books.

"We also give some to different charities around the area," Helwig-Rodriguez said. "We have given some to shelters and mother and child charities, and some to the Paterson schools."

The library publicizes the collection mostly through word of mouth, and a display at the library.

"Donations have been small so far this year, but it's early yet," Helwig-Rodriguez said. "People often wait till the last minute for things like this, so I'm hoping we'll have a lot more donations by the end of November."

For more information on the book donation effort, call the library at 973-256-2784, or e-mail Helwig-Rodriguez at helwig@littlefallslibrary.com.

Posted by tumulty at November 5, 2009 6:35 PM

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