October Books has been a fixture in Southampton (a port city
on England’s southern coast) for four decades. The not-for-profit collective
has a loyal clientele but struggled to keep up with rent increases. They asked
for and received donations and loans to help them buy an empty bank building
about 100 yards away. But then they were faced with the daunting task of moving
all their merchandise. They were hoping to see 75 volunteers to help lug boxes
of books from one stockroom to the other. But well over 200 showed up; enough
to form a human chain in front of 54 businesses along High Street. Thousands of
books were passed along to their new home in just a few hours. Curious
passersby even got in on the act. And after all the books had been sorted,
several volunteers stayed to help paint the new shelves. October Books is
scheduled to reopen tomorrow.
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