A bit off-topic, but my sister’s youngest is home from school today. Her school is closed because Thursday night, an electrical fire destroyed their library. Read about it here. I talked with my sister today – not only is the library gone, but so are the teachers’ supplies, and the students’ textbooks are all damaged and in need of restoration, which apparently can be done to the tune of 20 bucks a book.
If you can, please help them out. I can’t imagine what it will take to replace all those books, not to mention the equipment and the space itself. Here’s the church’s website.
Update: A school official told me the school is now accepting funds (not books–they have no room to store them at the moment). Checks may be made out to St. Charles School and sent to:
Library Restoration Fund
c/o St. Charles School
7107 Wilber Avenue
Parma, Ohio 44129
Feel free to link to this post, copy, reproduce, or any other rebroadcast that can help these kids get their library back.