Prep and Pack

Golisano Library has adopted the Charles Finney School Library as a sister institution. We intend to come alongside the struggling resource center and assist in whatever ways we can.

So far we have put the books in order and cleaned and straightened, reinstituted their online catalog, gotten new books barcoded and stirred up interest. Our bookfair will provide them with some additional books. But right now the room needs a thorough scrubbing and cleaning.

I put out a call, and some volunteers stepped up. We spent the morning covering bookshelves that are bolted to the wall and unloading the movable shelves, packing the books. It was all I had time to do before I needed to be at a cantata rehearsal followed by an afternoon at the Reference Desk.

Fortunately, more volunteers came in the afternoon and washed the walls (they were grimy), removed hardware from the walls, and taped edges, removed wall outlet plates, etc. We are in good shape.

Next Friday (yes, on Good Friday) we will prime and paint the walls which have not been done in a good long while. We are trying to match the brown in the carpet and hope to have the proper shade before the actual day of painting.

Then the following weekend we will put it all back together. An ambitious project, but with enough hands, we can make it work just fine. The boys are helping (despite their druthers), and after we finish painting, we plan to go to an Easter production in the evening.

I debated about doing such a thing on Holy Friday, but I figure if ever there is an appropriate time to do something good, this would probably be it. So we do it unto the Lord with joy. I know the people at the school will be happy to have a clean room and perhaps the sprucing up will lift their spirits straight into spring.