Chief Warlick greeted Josie and Lucas at Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop with some great books for them to read!
Skidompha’s Secondhand Book Shop is unique. We’re a charitable organization, and our mission is to support the mission of the library through fundraising (via the books you buy!) and through charitable acts. Our most recent initiative is a collaboration with the Damariscotta Police Department.
Our police officers are immersed in our community every day; you may see them serving hotdogs at Trunk or Treat, catching up with people on Main Street, or at stopping by Skidompha to say hello to our patrons. Their work is rooted in this community and founded on their strong community relationships.
At Skidompha (and the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop) we know that books have the power to connect people. When we saw the positive energy our local police officers put into their interactions with our community, we thought we could help! Our Book Shop volunteers worked hard to set aside crates of children’s books for the Damariscotta officers to have with them in their patrol vehicles. Now officers have mini-libraries in their cars, and can distribute these books to children throughout their days as they see fit. We hope that these books build connection and kindness for our hard-working police officers, and comfort children when they might need it most.
We extend our sincere thanks to Chief Warlick (pictured above), who met us at the Secondhand Book Shop last week to pick up the first round of children’s books. As Chief Warlick put it, “[t]his project is another example of collaboration in support of children. We are always looking to make our interactions with children positive; having these books to hand out will help us do that.” Thank you to our local police officers for their effort to get books into the hands of more children and to our Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop for their support.
In community,
Matthew Graff
Executive Director
Skidompha Library