The Mayo Clover
Contributor
After much planning and hard work, the Lafayette 4-H council has completed a project of placing three small neighborhood libraries in rural areas of Lafayette County.
These miniature libraries have been placed at the first, third and fourth district community centers and are full of free books. Anyone can take a book from the library, and then either return it when they are finished or add a new book to the collection. This project started well before the pandemic, when teachers and 4-H council members came up with a plan to provide a free library to kids that live away from town and don’t have the convenience of having a traditional library in their community.
Teachers at Lafayette Elementary School (LES) helped in making donations to the libraries. LES teacher, Jessica Gainey, agreed to help with supplying and maintaining the libraries.
Not only is it a goal of Lafayette 4-H to promote reading and literacy, but also develop community bonds between adults and children. This project will allow adults and children to interact in their neighborhoods as well as cultivate working relationships between the Lafayette 4-H and community leaders.