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Help us bring the Waring library back to life!
Principal Brown has asked Friends of Waring to make it our #1 priority to restore and open Waring’s library in 2020.

Background: Laura Waring Elementary does not have a librarian or a functioning library. The library is currently used for storage and meetings. It needs to be cleared out, reorganized, inventoried, and redesigned to be a functioning lending library. 

Goal: By the end of 2020, our goal is to have a volunteer-run lending library at Laura Waring Elementary, where students can come to discover, read, and check-out books.

We need your help: We need volunteers to help prepare the library for opening, which includes labeling and organizing books, painting, and scanning books into our inventory system. Once the library opens, we will need volunteers to help run it by helping students find books, check books in and out, reshelve returned books, etc.

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VOLUNTEER

We need volunteers to help in the library on an ongoing basis doing things like: shelving new and donated books, entering books into our inventory management system, and organizing the library for opening. Once the library opens to students, we will need volunteers to help students with checking books in and out, re-shelving books are they are returned, reading to students, and generally keeping the library in great shape.  Sign up to volunteer using the link below:
Sign Up!

​Looking to organize a group volunteer day? Please reach out to Kati at katherinestratos@gmail.com or 860-460-6144

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DONATE MONEY

We are grateful for the generosity of donors who would like to contribute financially to the library project.

Please click the "Donate now" button to give a 100% tax deductible donation through our GoFundMe page.

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AMAZON WISH LIST

Our Friends of Waring Amazon Wish List contains a curated list of needed items. Purchase an item from this list and have it sent directly to the school.

Click here for Amazon Wish List

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DONATE BOOKS

Cleaning out your kids' book collection? Want to host a used book drive? We'll take gently used books to add to the library!

Books should be:
  • Less than 15 years old
  • Not missing any pages, covers, or torn
  • Appropriate for children in grades K-8
To Donate:
  • Call Waring's main office (215-400-7560) and let them know how many books you plan to donate. 
  • Drop off your donation to Waring's Main Office during school hours (M-F 8am-3pm), labeled "Ms. Digiorgio"
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