[mrg-announce] looking for books

[Steve Iskovitz]

Hi folks,

I'm down here in Plaquemines Parish on the very
southern tip of Louisiana, seventy miles downriver
from New Orleans, where the Mississippi River empties
into the Gulf of Mexico. Katrina first touched land
here, and ruined the entire southern half of the
parish.

A new relief organization called Emergency Communities
has set up a camp here in the shell of an old YMCA
building, where we serve meals and distribute goods.

I've taken on the job of librarian here. I made some
nice shelves, cleared out an area, etc. People seem to
appreciate it, they come every day and take stuff out.
I don't know if there even is another library or
bookstore in the whole parish, it might be 50 miles or
so to the nearest book source (just a guess).

The only problem is the books we have aren't the
greatest. I know some of you have extra books you were
at one time talking about getting rid of. 

All kinds of books are welcome: Books on rebuilding,
kids' books, novels of all sorts, history, etc.

Terra Friedrichs, who lives in Acton and co-ordinates
shipments of goods down here, says if you can pack
them tightly in boxes and label them with our address
she'll pick them up from you. Just let me know, or
contact her:

terraf at compuserve.com 

978 266 2778

You can address them:

Library
c.o. Emergency Communities
36342 Highway 11
Buras, LA, 70041

Also, I know at one point Cambridge Public Library was
actually throwing out books. Does anyone know if
anything like this is still happening?

Thanks, and feel free to pass this message on, or
respond with questions.



 
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