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Staunton parks get little libraries

Laura Peters
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STAUNTON – A small box sits on Sears Hill in Woodrow Park overlooking the city.

Inside the box, which looks like a tiny home, is filled with imagination, places to travel and worlds to explore.

The little free library is one of two that have been placed in Staunton parks this week, the other is in Gypsy Hill Park near Lewis Creek Watershed.

Staunton resident Jena Buckwell and her husband, Colin Butgereit, came up with the idea over the summer and partnered up with the Staunton Creative Community Fund to get the word out.

The library is on the honor code of taking and leaving books.

Thanks to an agreement with Staunton Parks and Recreation, Buckwell was able to place the little libraries in the two parks. The two libraries cost $100 and books were donated by the public.

Little Free Libraries have been popping up all over the country since 2010. There is a little library at Churchville Elementary School and two in Harrisonburg, Buckwell said.

For more information about little free libraries, go to littlefreelibrary.org.

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