09/01/2025
🙏🏼 Thank you so much to everyone who came by and helped make our First Anniversary Celebration such a huge success! We loved getting to meet so many people in the neighbourhood that we haven’t met yet, getting to experience the joy and excitement of the kids (and adults) choosing books to take home, and the curiosity and joy of the adults browsing the ‘Blind-Date-With-A-Book’ selections!
We’re grateful for the book donations, support of the Lemonade and Bake sale, and most especially for getting to hear from so many of you how much you enjoy the library! Some of highlights I heard and witnessed yesterday:
✨ A mom telling me that her second grader who was behind on reading (and hating it), is now excited about books and reading because of their visits to the library (!)
✨ A woman sharing with me that she’s been part of a book club that’s been going for 27 YEARS! (Our bookclub is 7 years old and I hope we can stay strong for another 20!)📚
✨ Seeing kids excited finding a new book from a series they love
✨ A little brother telling me he’s so happy his big sister found some French Pokemon books because they will help her practice her French
✨Hearing kids begging their parents to be able to pick “just one more book” (SIDE NOTE: my answer when it comes to books is always YES, especially to children. Part of the goal of this library is reducing barriers for people to access more books. The books are donated and freely given, with the hope they’ll find their way into new hands of someone who will enjoy them. No one is keeping track of the book inventory, nor the number of books given. Take what you like, give what and when you can. If you some times just take, and take several, trust me it’s fine! We have a very healthy backstock of books in our garage to replenish!)
✨ A Principal from a nearby school telling me how her walking route includes our crescent, because she loves stopping by the library and swapping out books
✨ Seeing best friends bonding over trying to guess what’s inside the blind-date book bundles 🫶🏻
✨ A friend sharing a photo of their child reading one of the books they got in a tree after the event
✨ Watching people walk away with a bundle of books to read and seeing the excitement in their step
✨ Seeing people just sitting down on the grass under the tree to enjoy a book in the August air
✨ Hearing several people surprised to have accidentally discovered the library on a walk, or seeing it on social media, and how they’ve adjusted their routine to pass by regularly
💗 … and countless other expressions of gratitude.
NONE of this would be possible without the generosity of all of you! So these kind comments and positive feedback are for us all. Thank you for your contritbutions to this !
The kids raised $132 for CHEO through the Lemonade Stand and Bake Sale! Giving back to CHEO, a place that helped our daughter so much when she was younger, is something near and dear to our hearts, and we like to do what we can to support. If you missed the event and want to support our fundraiser still, I’ll put the donation link in the comments. 💛
This library was something that I wanted to start for a long time, and our first year has been more special than I ever could have imagined. I have met some incredible people through this library, and I’m so grateful for their friendship! 💗 This opportunity has allowed for my daughter to learn a lot about community building, and she has brought so many great ideas to the library (including the name!).
