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Butts County’s first Little Free Library is open for business on the courthouse grounds. Jackson-Butts County Rotary Club members took the wraps off the library, a place where community members can share books, on Tuesday in a ribbon cutting ceremony. Tim Broyles, president of the club, said the libraries — small, roofed structures with doors built on posts that can contain 20 to 40 books — will be placed in areas of the community that are heavily trafficked on foot. The idea is to take a book you like and leave one you’d like to share. “What we hope to do with those is strategically place them throughout the county so that we can have an opportunity for people to be able to come and get a book or two and leave a book or two when they’re done, primarily focusing on our children and helping them have opportunities to read,” Broyles said. So far, six of the libraries have been completed. Rotary members said additional Little Free Libraries will be installed at housing projects, in apartment communities, at recreation areas and in commercial centers. Volunteers will make sure the libraries stay stocked with donated and purchased books. Library users can also share their own books in the libraries.
The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club received a grant to support the homeless shelters in the community. The club must match the grant, with the full funds going to the Winter Haven and the House of Hope homeless shelters. The Sunrise Rotary Club hopes to raise the matching funds at its annual fundraiser, RotaryFest.