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Rescuing Children's Books From Dumpster


--by GigiSky, posted Nov 6, 2017

When some friends and I discovered that a local school had thrown out hundreds of perfectly good children's books, we got into the dumpster and rescued as many as we could. They have been donated to another school that was grateful for the donation.
 
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unknown wrote: WTG!
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Kixx wrote: Cool! Thanks for sharing.
francesa wrote: That is so awesome! Good for you! :d
Alisamom wrote: Throwing out books!?!? What sacrilege!!! I'm glad to rescued and repurposed then. Thank you ! :)
DANCE wrote: Can't believe they'd do that!!!! Thank you for the rescue mission :-)
John74 wrote: Thank you for saving the books and for donating them to another school!
John74 wrote: Excellent!
michelelpurce wrote: What fun dumpster diving! and when you are helping others! :)
janfour wrote: Yay for book sharing
AndiCas wrote: Brilliant! How awful to throw out books that can still be used. Good on you guys for your intrepid rescue!

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