The non-profit Little Free Library (LFL) was started in 2009 by Todd Bol in Hudson, Wisconsin. Thinking of his mother, a bibliophilic teacher, he built a miniature one-room schoolhouse and put it on a post in his front yard. He filled the schoolhouse with books. Bol encouraged his friends and neighbors to take the books and leave any of their own, to share with others. The schoolhouse was a success and led to Bol building more to give to these friends and neighbors.
This project eventually caught the attention of Bol’s friend, Rick Brooks. Brooks saw the good the Little Free Libraries were doing and helped Bol to start a nonprofit based around the schoolhouses. And it quickly grew. In the 10 years since Bol built his first Little Free Library, the number of libraries registered to his nonprofit has gone from a few in his neighborhood to over 90,000 around the world. This doesn’t include the ones people build and keep without putting them on LFL’s map. In the Salt Lake Valley alone there are over 100 Little Free Libraries, with more throughout Utah. All of them are run by people excited to share literature with their community. People like local author Kate Birch. Read the rest of the story here.
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