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Michigan community formed human chain to move 9,100 books, one at a time
...When Serendipity Books in Chelsea, Mich., needed to move 9,100 books to the store's new location one block away, they assembled a volunteer "book brigade" to form a human chain, and pass each book, one-by-one, to its new home.
"We had people from five, six years old, all the way through to 91. Somebody brought their dog. And everybody was kind of having a bit of a street party as they were passing the books," Michelle Tuplin, the store's owner, told As It Happens host Nil Köksal...
"People recognize that they want these books in their communities. They know what an independent bookstore in a community means," she said.
"It means community involvement. It means community discussion, access to diverse books, all those great things. And people seem to know that if that's what they want, then they have to support the bookstore."
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/human-chain-bookstore-chelsea-michigan-1.7513139
"We had people from five, six years old, all the way through to 91. Somebody brought their dog. And everybody was kind of having a bit of a street party as they were passing the books," Michelle Tuplin, the store's owner, told As It Happens host Nil Köksal...
"People recognize that they want these books in their communities. They know what an independent bookstore in a community means," she said.
"It means community involvement. It means community discussion, access to diverse books, all those great things. And people seem to know that if that's what they want, then they have to support the bookstore."
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/human-chain-bookstore-chelsea-michigan-1.7513139
Restoring faith, one book at a time.