The worldwide Little Free Library program made it’s way to Conway two years ago and since then has pulled the community together through sharing books. Today, the program is expanding and there’s a lot more to it than just trading a book.
The non-profit program starts at Conway Glass where they hand-build the libraries. The Little Free Library located at Conway Glass was hand-painted by Myrtle Beach artist, Craig Stevens.
Stevens’ Charlotte’s Web themed little library for Conway meant much more than just a community project.
“If I can volunteer and help somewhere, I always like to, if I can, especially something like that, because it’s just good for the community,” said Stevens. Everybody keeps talking about how terrible things are, you hear these horror stories all the time, not horror stories, but you know, how things are bad, you here this, that, and the other thing. And here, you’ve got this great little program going on over there in Conway and probably hardly anybody’s heard about it.”
Conway Glass, Create Conway, and other businesses like Conway Cultural Development took the program that spans the world and started one of their own by building eight places where people can take a book or leave one.
Conway Glass designer and artist Barbara Streeter says the initiative inspires kids and adults to read often.
“We would like to see books in every household in Horry County. And so, a lot of the neighborhoods are not near the library, so in the summer or afterschool, the kids can always just walk to the library, pick a book, they can take a book, leave a book, or just bring the book back,” said Streeter.
The program has eight total libraries between Conway and the beaches, and they plan to install another one next week.
“Those are the things that make a difference in the world,” said Stevens.
To sponsor a library within the Conway Little Free Library Program, click here.
