I have been reading these news stories come out of Iowa the past few days and it breaks my heart. The flooding is horrific. People are trying to get their lives put back together. After all of that, finally the library will get rebuilt.
From the Des Moines Register
"The library is not that important right now, I must admit. The most important thing is to get people into houses and back at their jobs and get the essential services that government provides," said Kay Halloran, Cedar Rapids' mayor.
"As far as I'm concerned, personally, I want to have the water treatment plant back to its normal operation. All the other stuff can wait. They've got people working on whatever can be salvaged from the library, and that takes care of things for now."
And so the libraries wait. They shovel through the soaked books. Salvage what they can. Decide what is worth restoring, what needs to be replaced. Finding the money to replace it.
If you can find a few bucks to send their way:
Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation, 500 First Street SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401. The CRPL Foundation is a 501(c)3 charitable organization. Contributions are tax deductible. Donors will receive a letter of receipt.
Bottom of the totem pole when it comes to aid.
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If they have no water, they will not be there to read, it's true. But the Library should certainly be on the list and with supporters like you, I'm sure it will be!
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