It is said ‘many hands make light work’, and this is
certainly the case at Taupō Library. This week is National Volunteer Week, and
the library here in Taupō is celebrating the many people who help out at the
library.
One such example of this is David and Lauren Lehndorf, who deliver
nine boxes of books each month to nine different housebound people who live in
the Monte Vista, St Johns Wood and Liston Heights rest homes. At times there
have been as many as twelve boxes for their delivery route.
Annette Campbell,
Barbara West and Marie Barnes deliver boxes of books to housebound people to
those who still live in their own homes. Marie has recently taken on even more
due to another fantastic volunteer currently being unwell.
In addition to
outbound services the team are also fortunate enough to have extra pairs of
hands in the library itself. Dawn Eskelsen comes in each Tuesday to help with
the shelving of books, freeing up staff to do other things. Likewise, Richard
Rusk gives up his time to come in most Tuesdays and Wednesdays to mend damaged
books and process new books among other things.as well as checking the radios
at Civil Defence each Wednesday before coming in.
Helene Everest and Jan
Leverell also come in once or twice a week to cancel any items that are being
removed from the collection and keep the for-sale shelves filled.
If you have
ever brought a young bookworm into the library, you may well know or recognise
retired teacher Pamela Lord, who visits the library each Wednesday to help with
toddler time.
Last but not least, there is Tanya Walley, a 16-year-old school
student who has volunteered for the last couple of years, making up the
recommended book lists for teens and helps to shelve and unpack new books when
they arrive.
As you can see, Taupō Library has a great deal of volunteer help
and wouldn’t be able to function without it!
Many thanks to all of these
volunteers, for popping in and serving our community. We really appreciate you!
Below: Volunteer Dawn Eskelsen shelving books at the library this week.