Bayview
Bayview, a 62-plus nonprofit Life Plan Community, added a Little Free Library outside the community’s main entrance, 11 W. Aloha St. in Queen Anne, the first senior living community in Seattle to do so.
Seven residents created a partnership with the Little Free Library Organization to put their plan into motion. According to a press release, the residents wanted “to promote community building, inspire readers and expand book access for all.”
“Our active library committee of readers wanted to reach beyond our senior residential community,” resident Carolyn Muller said in a press release as to why they started the Little Free Library.
She said two library committee members had experience with Little Free Libraries and they purchased a kit and recruited others to help. The crafts committee constructed and decorated it, while the shop committee provided the post and platform and facilities department installed it. Residents donated the first books and toys.
Muller said they would eventually like to expand the program to include toys from the Dollar Store, banned books, diversity and inclusion books, and books for all ages. Queen Anne Book Co. will also provide slightly damaged new books.
“We share LFL’s mission to inspire readers and expand book access as we build our community outreach,” Muller said in the release.