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Drop by the Little Free Library for a new book by Sandra Landen Machaj CORRESPONDENT
We have all seen them – a pole topped with a mounted box, which may be plain or decorative, in front of a home, business, school or church. Open the box and you will find it filled with a variety of books. So what is the purpose of these boxes of books? They are Little Free Libraries, books to be shared with friends and neighbors in the community. Little Free Libraries began with a simple idea. Take a box full of books, mount the box on a pole and make all the books available for the taking. It is a way to share books that you have enjoyed with others. The first Little Free Library was built in 2009 with Todd Bol, a native of Hudson, Wisconsin, who was searching for a unique retirement gift for his mother. He was searching for a gift that would honor her years as a teacher and her love of books and reading. His thoughts led him to the idea of building the Little Free Library. He designed and constructed a small wooden house that resembled a miniature one-room schoolhouse. He mounted the little schoolhouse on a pole and placed it in the front lawn and filled it with books. The unique box was a curiosity and it did not take long for neighbors to gather around and inspect the contents and to take advantage of this book exchange, where they could share their favorite books. Take a book or leave a book the choice is yours. It also did not take long to see additional boxes on poles begin to appear in the neighborhood. Each was as unique as the person who created it. From simple square boxes to elegantly designed Victorian Mansions, the choice reflected both the artistic ability of the builder and his or her interests.
Enthusiasm for reading spread throughout the neighborhood as more neighbors built their own little box of books for neighbors to share and enjoy. When finished with the book, it can be passed onto a friend or returned to the Little Free Library for someone else to enjoy. The Little Free Library was officially incorporated by Bol and his friend Rick Brooks on May 16, 2012, and in the same year registered it as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission statement of “inspiring a love of reading, building community, and seeking creativity by fostering neighborhood book exchanges around the world.” Bol and his friends began making some of these libraries and giving them away along with a hand-crafted sign with official Little Free Library charter numbers. Looking to cover expenses to build more libraries, he enlisted the help of a carpenter, Henry Miller of rural Cashton, Wisconsin, who crafted these boxes using recycled wood from a 100-yearold barn that had been destroyed in a tornado. They began charging low fees to cover expenses. The demand for the libraries continued to grow and they continued to produce more boxes in various styles and sizes. People were free to purchase these boxes or to build their own libraries and then register them with Little Free Libraries and receive their official plaque. Today the nonprofit corporation offers a variety of book boxes for sale in a large range of prices. Some are kits to assemble while others are completely assembled. Bol and Brooks ran the company for a couple of years and watched it grow both in the United States and around the world. Brooks left the organization in 2014 but Bol continued until his death from pancreatic cancer in 2018. Bol, raised by a teacher, and went on to become a teacher himself, had a lot of respect for Andrew Carnegie, the philanthropist who at the turn of the 20th century funded the creation of 2509 free public libraries across the United States. On his website, Bol was quoted as saying that
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Tim Sanborn, M.D., lnterventional Cardiologist
Tim Sanborn, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, completed his medical education at Northwestern University. He holds board certifications in Cardiovascular Diseases and lnterventional Cardiology and a Cardiology Fellowship at Boston University. Dr. Sanborn has held the roles of Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, New York Hospital, Cornell University Medical Center, Chief of Cardiology North shore University Health system in Evanston, IL, and he is currently a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Welcoming visitors, this Little Free Library leaves no doubt to the visitor as to its purpose. Take a book, leave a book is predominately scrawled across its front.
Michael Rosenberg, M.D., lnterventional Cardiologist
Michael Rosenberg, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, completed his medical education at Northwestern University and has been practicing medicine for over 40 years. Dr. Rosenberg holds board certifications in Cardiovascular Diseases and lnterventional Cardiology. Dr. Rosenberg performs coronary and peripheral interventional procedures.
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