The library that started lending tools now lends people
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Kindness · about 1 min · Tomás Iverson · The Riverbend Wire
It began with drills and ladders. Now the busiest thing on the shelf is an hour of somebody’s time.
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A branch library that began lending power tools six years ago now runs a register of neighbours offering an hour of help.
Requests range from lifts to appointments to teaching someone how to make a roux.
Why this matters
Loneliness is a public-health problem with almost no public-health budget. This cost one shelf.
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