SAWTELL Rotary and Bonville Boambee View Club have combined to answer a call from the Lismore Library to help restock after the floods have destroyed a large part of their collection.

Many residents of Lismore and the surrounding flood affected areas will also have lost books and will be looking to the library for reading material.

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President of the View Club, Lorraine Armstrong, became aware of the library’s urgent appeal for help in restocking and approached the Rotary Club with the idea of collecting book donations locally and transporting them north.

Rotary Club of Sawtell member Gerry De Gabriele told News Of The Area, “Lorraine approached us to investigate if the clubs could combine to facilitate helping the library with donations of books rather than money, as this would be a practical solution and would engage the community in positively supporting the people of Lismore.”

The library has requested new or near new books in the following categories: adult fiction, large print books, junior and young adult books, children’s story books, children’s DVD’s, jigsaws, audiobooks, parenting collection (non-fiction books on parenting topics) and junior non-fiction books

The appeal will run until the end of May, and donations can be dropped into Edge Real Estate, 3/29-33 Orlando St, Coffs Harbour during working hours.

Mr De Gabriele said, “Please look at your shelves.

“Those books you have read once and enjoyed.

“Give them an extra life and give the people of Lismore a bit of joy by donating them to Lismore Library.

“If you do not have suitable material to give away, then you can donate or buy a new book and donate it or put some money directly into the library account.”

Monetary donations can be made directly to the Richmond Tweed Regional Library Account.

Account Name: Lismore City Council-RTRL Tax Deductible Gift Recipient Account
BSB: 062-565.

Account Number: 1086491.

A tax-deductible receipt will be generated by emailing amanda.binney@lismore.nsw.gov.au with name, address, deposit date and amount.

By David TUNE