One Library At A Time

📚✈️ Exciting News! We're heading to Panama with a suitcase full of knowledge! 🌟
Meet Beth's suitcase—a remarkable 50-pound packed with books destined to bring joy and learning to the children in Panama. 📖✨
Thank you to our amazing volunteers and supporters who make these journeys possible. Your contributions and enthusiasm help us keep the light of knowledge glowing brightly. 💡📚
Stay tuned for more updates as we work to bring these books to life in Panama! 🇵🇪❤️

Our haul is officially unpacked and shelved! 📚 So excited to see what journey is coming for each of these books. A big thank you to the Book Warehouse in Easley for the amazing selection!

The books have arrived in Charlotte, and Susan has been getting them unpacked! 📚

Can you imagine a car FULL of books? 🤯 We can! These books are headed back to Charlotte and then Panama; here we come!

📚 ¡Un día lleno de libros! 📚
Our incredible team is hard at work, one library at a time! ☀️✨ Look at these wagons filled with Spanish books, ready to pack up and carry with us on our upcoming trips. We're so excited about the impact these books will have on the communities we work with. Stay tuned for updates on our upcoming library projects!

Our founder, Susan (NC), and board members Paige (SC), Emily (FL), and Tiffany (SC) had a blast exploring Easley, South Carolina, and book shopping at the ! ☀️📚 Together, they filled these wagons twice with Spanish books that will soon find their way into the hands of children in Panama and Guatemala. We're excited for the future of One Library at a Time, and we can't wait to share more about what is to come!

Live at our spring fundraiser party!

Some photos from the Spring Party! Featuring our Silent Auction of items purchased on our trips and also donations we’ve received.

Library in Nepal receives books from People to People. OLAAT set up this library in February.

“Never hurry and never worry!”

- E.B. White.

It has taken us a few years of navigation and learning, but we are back, we are in Panama, and have lots of exciting plans - stay tuned.

We are so excited to be traveling again and doing what we do best - creating libraries. Our founder, Susan, is currently in Panama and we cant wait to share more with you.

On this day, when light and dark are equal… May you find the balance you need in your life.. Happy Equinox and Merry Mabon…. 🍁🍃🍂

THE LIGHT AND THE DARK ARE THE SAME IN LENGTH,
THEY HAVE EQUAL TIME AND EQUAL STRENGTH.
BUT SOON THE DARKNESS WILL PREVAIL,
AND THE LIGHT AND WARMTH WILL BEGIN TO PALE.
BUT DO NOT BE AFRAID, DO NOT DISMAY,
FOR THIS IS THE RHYTHM OF NATURE'S WAY.
REJOICE IN THE ABUNDANCE THAT THIS YEAR BEARS,
BREATHE DEEP IN THE COOLNESS AND CHANGE IN THE AIR.
HAVE GRATITUDE AND BLESSING, KEEP TOLL,
AND MAY THIS SHIFT OF NATURE ENLIGHTEN YOUR SOUL.

-Words by Stephanie Laird
-artist 🎨 unknown .. please tag if you know 🙏



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https://www.jeanbolen.com

Founder of One Library At A Time, Susan Aldrich, Treasurer, Fletch Roberts and Sandy Scott, Executive Director visited Ophelia Garmon Brown Center today. What an amazing place!! One Library At A Time has been very instrumental in putting the library together.
Anne Schleusner, Community Outreach Director for RALLY Charolette graciously entertained us.

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Our treasurer and interim director have worked diligently with Ophelia Garman Brown Movement School in Charolette NC in setting up a library and volunteering with students.

Check out the hand writing. This entire report was completed in English. The students work hard. Many will finish high school but most will not go on to college. Encouraging reading is must to broaden their horizons. Surya, the young man you see cataloging, cataloged all Nepali books. This is the first time One Library At a Time started a library with a foreign alphabet.

Our suitcases full of books are in this pile… does that make this a bookmobile? Being greeted with love, respect and excitement.

Younger children getting books to keep in their classrooms. All in Nepali about animals and nature. Aren’t they adorable? All holding the books backwards. 😀

Opening a new library in Khandbari Nepal.

My husband and I have the privilege of working with One Library At a Time to start a library in Khandbari Nepal. We brought two suitcases of books in English and as you’ll see a sampling of the books in Nepali and by Nepali authors. The owners and staff of Pilgrims Bookstore along with long time friend Banerjee Gautam who gave of his time and knowledge.

My husband and I have the privilege of working with One Library At a Time to start a library in Khandbari Nepal. We brought two suitcases of books in English and as you’ll see a sampling of the books in Nepali and by Nepali authors. The owners and staff of Pilgrims Bookstore along with long time friend Banerjee Gautam who gave of his time and knowledge.

FUN FACT FRIDAY!

When travel is safe once more, we cannot wait to learn more about this country, whose capital is Santo Domingo. Which country are we talking about?

Guatemala 2. Belize 3. Colombia 4. Dominican Republic

Source:

World Map / World Atlas / Atlas of the World Including Geography Facts and Flags - WorldAtlas.com Well-researched and entertaining content on geography (including world maps), science, current events, and more.

Have you heard of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library? You can sign your child up to receive free books from all types of genres:

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

Who doesn’t like book-buying day? If we are able to purchase part of the books we use to start a library in the country when we arrive, we go shopping for about half a day looking for the unique books and special requests of the community. On this day, we found a book about the indigenous cultures, the Ngabe-Bugles, and we snatched it up.

Don't you want to come with us? Priceless Panamanian mountain view…

If you’re curious about some of the culture and ambiance we encounter when doing libraries in Peru, check out this podcast episode that will teach some history and recommend good books set in Peru

SSoP Podcast Ep. 20 — Peru: Andes Adventures, Fusion Food, and Piles of Gold Peru is a wonderland of stunning scenery, delicious fusion food, dramatic history, and Inca ruins. We explore its culture and recommend 6 great books set in Peru.

Have you heard about our I’ve Been Booked spring campaign? Getting “booked” is easy. When you make--or book--a donation of $50 or more, our volunteer team will quickly follow by placing an I’ve Been Booked sign in your front yard or wherever you designate! You can make an online donation through our website, and be sure to tell us where you want your sign to be delivered. We plan to celebrate all April and May long! https://buff.ly/3fwdFgN

One Library at a Time We collaborate with the teachers and community leaders to determine which books the children need most. We then purchase those books (locally if possible) and begin to turn books and shelves into a library.

There may be nothing sweeter to our sight than to see that books really can revive an economy -- read all about it: Wigtown, Scotland

Wigtown Book Town In the mid-1990s, it was suggested that a ‘book town’ on the model of Hay-on-Wye would be a good way to help regenerate a community in Scotland. Six small tow