The Kenora Rotary Club has re-inspired the Rotary Club of Dryden to further investigate a new literacy project.
Deb LeMaistre with the Rotary Club of Kenora was the guest at the Rotary Club of Dryden’s virtual meeting on Wednesday, where she talked about the success of their Free Little Libraries.
“I think the beauty of these little libraries is that you can go there anytime of day you like. If you felt like reading a book at 2 in the morning, you can go get yourself a book rather than waiting for somewhere else to be open.”
The Kenora Rotary Club has several Free Little Libraries across town, where people are encouraged to take and leave a book in it’s place.
The Rotary Club of Kenora’s Free Little Librarys.
LeMaistre says it was a community effort to get the libraries up and running.
“All of our Little Libraries are signed with the Rotary Club of Kenora logo and they also say built by Beaver Brae students.”
LeMaistre notes Little Libraries promote something free and fun to do for locals, but also tourists.
Some of the other benefits of Free Little Libraries are they encourage reading, good literacy skills and community involvement.
As September is also Literacy month, LeMaistre adds it would be a perfect timing for a project like this to come to Dryden.
Lucille Ayers with the Rotary Club of Dryden says they are considering getting their own Free Little Libraries for Dryden and have been further motivated after hearing the success that Kenora has seen.
“We are considering the possibilities and are in discussion with the Dryden Public Library and Friends with the library on this particular project, so we will keep the conversation going.”
The Dryden Rotary Club says there are definite possibilities for community partnerships and they hope to get this project off the ground, but COVID-19 has interrupted the process.
