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A Library Of Magazines For The Homeless


--by paulrachele, posted Oct 20, 2014
Our public library is next to a building that helps the homeless. There are quite a few homeless people who end up sitting in the library reading or just staying dry and warm. 

Today I gathered up a box full of my old magazines and donated them to the library. These don't have to be checked out and people can take them if they want to.This way the library staff don't have any extra work to do and people who can't afford magazines can still get to read them.
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Readers Comments

wavingatyou wrote: Very nice. Thank you :)
mchmeado9 wrote: Beautiful gesture.
godlovespatricia wrote: I am a magazine addict:). I give them to the shelters, my local coffee shop employees and mail them to friends on fixed incomes. Guess what? You know what happened, right? Now all my friends bring me their magazines and now i have boxes the end of every month to take around town. It's so true the more you give the more you receive. Keep up the kindness paulrachele. Blessed be.
sandyremillard wrote: Excellent idea! Bless you for your kindness.
iman wrote: Nice friend;;
tarkamoore wrote: What a terrific idea.
hope2013 wrote: Libraries can be a great resource for people from many walks of life. Magazines are a great idea to re gift.
eckyssister wrote: I drop my old magazines off at the local hospital - the volunteers offer them to inpatients and the rest get dispensed to waiting rooms. I like the idea that they are being re-read instead of just recycled.
princessliz wrote: That's a nice idea. Thanks for sharing it. :)
denisemj wrote: How kind of you to care :)

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